"One mighty and strong" as "Thus saith men". Published in the Deseret News in 1905, and in the Improvement Era in 1907 by the L. D. S. Church authorities and "The one mighty and strong" as "Thus saith the Lord" taken from Holy Writ, etc.

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Published in the Deseret News in 1905 A. D.
And in the Improvement Era in 1907 A. D.

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The L. D. S. Church Authorities

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The One Mighty and Strong"

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"Thus Saith The Lord"

taken from Holy Writ, etc.
By John T. Clark

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PREFACE TO THE BOOK ENTITLED
"THE ONE MIGHTY AND STRONG"

Which I now, in 1930 A .D., think should be placed in this said book.

After having completed the pencil writing of the manuscript of the
Book entitled "THE ONE MIGHTY AND STRONG," in the spring: of 1922
\ D. which was just oft'-handedly done and the same rolled up and
placed away until I should feel like publishing- it; and then in a short
time afterwards, while thinking- whether or not it was time to publish
it The Lord Je.sus Christ came to me and said, speaking in a firm and
positive manner, "PUBLISH IT; YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE ON AND
PUBLISHED IT; PUBLISH IT; THERE IS NO REDEMPTION FOR THE
LAMANITES; THERE IS NO RESTORATION OF THE FULLNESS OF
THE GOSPEL; THIS MUST BE PUBLISHED FIRST." He then showed
me the tremendous opposition I would have to pass through and also
that I should come Enough it all Victoriously.

After being thus instructed by the Saviour. I immediately set about
to carry out the instructions which I had received. At this time Nathan-
iel Baldwin and I were quite friendly and he being very prosperous, let
me have $750.00, this being the amount necessary.. to pay for 5,000 copies.
For some reason, the whole 5,000 copies were published without proof-
reading, resulting, as is natural to suppose, in many mistakes by the
printer, such as in spelling, punctuation, capitalisation .transposition of
lines, and other discrepancies which should have^Jbeen adjusted before
publication. Because of these inaccuracies I hesitaled to give the books
out to the public. Being short of means at this time, 1 was unable to
have the book proof-read and reprinted, hence I Mfent again to Nathan-
iel Baldwin and lold him about the matter. He stated that unless he
could change some things in the book he would not furnish any more
money. I refused to allow any changes outside of proof-reading adjust-
ments, because Jesus Christ Himself had ordered it published just as it
was written. Nathaniel Baldwin said to me, referring to himself, "I am
the man Mighty and Strong!" I said to him, "ow do you make that out!"
He said. Brother Cowley and Homer M. Brown had told him they saw
a halo of light around him. "What was the color of the light?" I asked.
He said, "A pink light." I said, "that isn't the kind of a light that sur-
rounded the Prophet Joseph Smith, or any of the Lord's Holy prophets.
He then said, "I will not furnish any mgre money!" And he didn't. I still
hesitated to give the books out to the public, and while thus hesitating
again the Saviour appeared as though seated upon a reclining stairway.'
He was dressed in His temple robes and had a smile upon His face, (I
inferred from the expression upon his face, I had nothing to worry
about) and He immediately disappeared. In a day or so following this
time, President John Taylor, (from the other side) came to me and said
"YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO!" Then striking his right clinched fist into
his left hand said, "AND WOE BETIDE THEM THAT OPPOSE YOU IN
\ THIS WORK." I immediately began to distribute the books, nevertheless
I still worried about the books going out to the public without being
proof-read. After giving out some thousand or fifteen hundred copies,
the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ came to me again and said he ap-
proved of the tfook "FOR THE LOUDNESS, THE BOLDNESS AND THE
CLEARNESS OF IT." Since then, I have given out thousands of copies
and I don't worry ar>y more about the discrepancies in the book.

The scriptures say, "But the Prophet, which shall presume to speak
a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or shall
speak in the name of other Gods, even that Prophet shall die." (Duet.
18:20; 13:5; Jer. 14:14-15; I Nephi 4:13.) Notwithstanding, in the face of
the terrible penalty death, upon the presumer, I boldly declare before
God, man and Angels, that what I have said in the above written pre-
face article is true, God being my witness.

Yours in the cause of truth,

Very respectfully,

JOHN T. CLARK.

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CONTENTS.

PAGE
"One Mighty and Strong" as "Thus Saith Men"

Published in the Deseret News in 1905, A. D. and in

the Improvement Era in 1907, A. D. by the L. D. S.

Church Authorities 1

"The One Mighty and Strong" as "Thus Saith the Lord"

Taken from Holy Writ, etc., by John T. Clark 16

The 85th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants Analyzed 17

Redemption of Zion 19

A President to Fall by the Shaft of Death 20

The President Who is to Fall is Termed Deaf, Dumb

and Blind 24

Why a President is to Fall 25

Joseph Smith, the Prophet's Letter to W. W. Phelps 26

The Fulfillment of the 85th Section of the Doctrine and

and Covenants, to be in the last days 28

The Law and not the Bishop given to Organize and

Regulate the Affairs of the Church 29

When and Where "Mighty and Strong One"

to be Raised Up 2<)

The Impossibility of Bishop Edward Partridge or any

Bishop being the "One Mighty and Strong" or the

One Who is to Fall, as Spoken of in the 85th Section

of the Doctrine and Covenants 30

The Power and Authority of the Melchisedek Priesthood 33

With Whom God Speaks Face to Face 33

From Whence and to Whom the Sceptre of Power 34

How Ancient Israel Received Their Inheritances 35

The Redemption of Modern Israel and Her Establishment

in the Land of Promise is to be Accomplished in the

Way and Manner that Ancient Israel Received Her

Redemption and Inheritance in Her Land of Promise.... 36
The President of the Church Must Hold the Sceptre

of Power 36

The Power, Authority and Mission of a Bishop 37

The Dividing by Lot Inheritances to be Superintended by

the President of the Church... 39

II.

The Word Sceptre Analyzed 39

One Special Purpose of the 85th Section of the Doctrine

and Covenants 40

Lav/s to be Lived by All Who Are to Get An Inheritance

in the Land of the New Jerusalem 41

A Work for the "Mighty and Strong One" to do 42

The Class of Men and Women that the Lord Purposes Shall

Live the Patriarchal Law of Marriage.... 42

Some More work for the "Mighty and Strong One" to do.... 43
The Mighty and Strong President Through Whom God is
Going to Perform His "Strange Act" is Referred to by
Various Prophets Under Several Names and in Various

Ways 44

The Sceptre of Power to Pass from the Hands of Jesus

Christ into the Hands of the "One Mighty and Strong" 45

The Redemption of Zion in the Mountains 46

A Bishop As An Agent of the President, to Divide

Inheritances 46

Prophecy of Heber C. Kimball of the "One Mighty and

Strong" That is to Come 49

The Sceptre of Power (the Keys of the Kingdom) con-
ferred upon Joseph Smith. 51

The President of the Church the Only One Who Can Put

Forth His Hand to Steady the Ark and Fall 52

The New Jerusalem the City of the Great King 53

The Time When the Lord has Purposed These Celestial
Laws to be Again Maintained and Practiced as Honor-
able Laws 55

Making Bare of the Lord's Holy Arm Necessary 56

The Man Like Unto Moses The "Mighty and Strong One"

The Much Marred One 57

The Mighty Servant of the Lord will be Marred and Cast
Out of the Church by His Brethren and then be Healed
of the Lord 58

The Last Records as a Sceptre of Power in the Hands of

this Marred Servant of the Lord 58

The Indian Prophet's and the Lamanite's Day 61

III.

One Man on Earth at a Time to Hold the Sceptre of

Power 64

A Bishop to be Directed by the President 65

A President to set in order all the Affairs of the Church. ... 65
George T. Peay's Statement Concerning the Time of the

Seventh President 66

President John Taylor's Prophecy Pertaining to the time

of the Seventh President 66

When Zion Puts on her Beautiful Garments 67

When the Gospel Turns unto the Lamanites, Jews and all

Nations in Power in Very Deed 69

The "Mighty and Strong One" is to Return Scattered

Israel Back to Missouri, the Land of the New Jerusalem 70
Many Names by Which This Mighty Servant of the Lord

is Designated 71

The Redemption of Zion by the "Mighty and Strong

One" Necessary 72

O. F. Whitney Article Excerpt 72

Indian Prophet's Mission 74

The One Mighty and Strong and the Man Like unto

Moses Identical 74

Class of Individuals to be Cut Asunder 75

When the Cutting Off is to Take Place.. 77

How and Who to Get Inheritance in the New Jerusalem.... 78

Restoration of Celestial Laws Necessary 80

Oneness Necessary in the New Jerusalem 81

Sceptre of Power in Brass Plates and Other Sacred Rec-
ords and Instruments of Antiquity 82

Joseph Smith, the Prophet Predicts the Saints will become

a Mighty People in the Rocky Mountains 83

Men to be Left Without Excuse 83

When Fullness of the Gentiles to Come in 85

When the Lord's Strange Work or Strange Act to

Take Place 86

One Purpose of Making Bare the Lord's Holy Arm 88

Agency '.of Man ... 88

IV.

Two Churches Only, One is God's and All Others the

Devil's I Nephi 14:10 89

The Lesser and Greater Part of the Gospel 90

Records, etc. Yet to Come Forth 91

Marring and Healing of One of the Lord's Servants 92

Two Great and Mighty Servants of the Lord 93

The Gathering Place of the Saints Before the Second

Coming of Jesus Christ 98

The Last and Mighty Servant is Extolled by the Savior

Himself 100

Necessary for the Prophet Joseph to Seal His Testimony

with His Blood 101

The Lord Shall Rise Up, Being Wroth, and Vindicate this

Last and Mighty Servant of his 102

Day of Peace When Book of Mormon Came Forth 103

Last and All Records to Come Forth in Day of Trouble

and War, etc 103

An Apostate Element to be in the Church According to

President John Taylor 105

Brigham Young's Prophecy 106

United Order and Consecration Necessary 106

The Mighty and Last Servant the Root of Jesse's

Mission 109

George T. Peay's Statement About Record in Utah 1 10

Last Records to Come Forth 110

When Root of Jesse is to Be Raised Up 113

When the Lord Sets His Hand Again the Second Time is

the Last Time 114

Fullness of Gospel to be Preached After Last Records

Come Forth 115

Millennium, When to Take Place 116

Why The Strange Act 118

The Mighty and Strong Servant is of the Lineage of Jesus

Christ and of Joseph, the Son of Lehi 119

Moses of Old Tells of this Last and Mighty Moses Servant

Who is to Attend to the Great Cutting Off 120

V.

Leaders of the Church Like Unto Pharaoh of Old in a

Measure 124

Revelation to President John Taylor, September 27th,

1886 A. D 124

Isaiah Speaks of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Servants,

Watchmen and Shepherd's of the Lord 127

The Falling of a President by, a Shaft of Death Necessary.. 129
Orson Pratt Fortells the Coming of the "Mighty and

Strong Moses" 130

Some Steadying of the Ark Acts 130

The Lord's Anger Kindled Against the Leaders of His

(Church) or People 131

The Lord to Raise Up An Ensign.. 132

How the Lord's Great Leaders Have Been Treated 133

The< Application of the 28th Chapter of Isaiah is to the

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the Fat

Valleys of the Rocky Mountains 134

When Manifesto, etc., to be Disannulled 136

The "Mighty and Strong One" through Nephite Lineage.... 137
Not Two But "One Mighty and Strong" to be Raised up

to Redeem Zion, etc 137

The Wisdom of the Church Leaders Has Measurably

Perished 138

The Various Ways the Prophets of the Lord Denominate

the "Mighty and Strong" Servant of the Lord 138

How to Get Rid of the "Mighty and Strong One's

Imagery or that of the President's, Who is Going to

Put Forth His Hand to Steady the Ark and Fall 141

Wo Unto Those Who Betray the Revelations of God or

Write and Advocate Precepts of Men 142

Why a President to Fall by a Shaft of Death 143

Authorities Weighed in the Balances and Found Wanting.. 146
Manifesto and Church Article of 1905 and 1907 are Built

Upon Sandy Foundations 146

VI.

Every Man His Own Judge 147

Great Division of the Righteous from the Wicked Promised 148
The Lord Doeth Nothing Except He Tells His Prophets.... 148

A Sure Foundation Upon Which to Build 149

Why Judgments Are to Come Upon Authorities of this

Church 150

"Mighty and Strong One's" imageny portrayed 151

A Contrast Between Two Mighty Servants of the Lord, and

the Mission and Calling for each to Accomplish in this,

the last Dispensation of the Fullness of Times 152

Fullness of the Gospel to be Rejected by the Gentiles and

Latter-day Saint Gentile Church 157

When Fullness of Gospel to be Again Preached 158

When Elders in Some Future Day go in Power to the

Lamanites 159

Last Records to More Fully Convince the Gospel Contained

in Book of Mormon, Bible, etc., the First Records to

the Lamanites, etc.... 159

"One Mighty and Strong" Absolutely Necessary, and why? 160

Who are Termed Salt of the Earth 162

The Rock Foundation of Zion's Redemption 164

"ONE MIGHTY AND STRONG"

as

"THUS SAITH MEN"

Published in the Deseret News in 1905, A. D.

And in the Improvement Era in 1907, A. D.

By The L. D. S. Church Authorities.

The following has been issued by the Presidency of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in explanation of
verses 7 and 8 of Section 85 of the Doctrine and Covenants,
and they say that this said Church article is to be received
as authoritative:

The following quotation is from the eighty-fifth section of
the* book of Doctrine and Covenants:

"And it shall come to pass that I, the Lord God, will send
one mighty and strong, holding the sceptre of power in his
hand, clothed with light for a covering, whose mouth shall utter
words, eternal words; while his bowels shall be a fountain of
truth, to set in order the house of God, and to arrange by lot
the inheritances of the Saints, whose names are found, and the
names of their fathers, and of their children, enrolled in the
book of the law of God:

"While that man, who was called of God and appointed, that
putteth forth his hand to steady the ark of God, shall fall
by the shaft of death, like as a tree that is smitten by the vivid
shaft of lightning."

Perhaps no other passage in the revelations of the Lord
in this dispensation has given rise to so much speculation as
this one. Also, it has been used by vain and foolish men to
bolster up their vagaries of speculation and in some cases
their pretensions to great power and high positions they were
to attain in the Church. In a word, some have made claims
that they were the particular individual mentioned in the reve-
lation, the "one mighty and strong holding the sceptre of power
in his hand, clothed with, light for covering, whose mouth shall
utter words, eternal words; while his bowels shall be a foun-
tain of truth, to set in order the house of God, and to arrange
by lot the inheritances of the Saints."

One would think in such a matter as this that sufficient
native modesty would assert itself to restrain a man from

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announcing himself as the one upon whom such high honors
are to be conferred, and who is to exercise such great powers
in establishing the Saints in their inheritances and that even if
one suspected, for any reason, that such a position, and such
exceptional powers were to be conferred upon him he would
wait until the Lord would clearly indicate to the Church, as well
as to himself, that he had been indeed sent of God to do the
work of so noble a ministry, as is described in the passage under
question. Those, however, who have so far proclaimed them-
selves as being the "one mighty and strong," have manifested
the utmost ignorance of the things of God and the order of
the Church. Indeed their insufferable ignorance and egotism
have been at the bottom of all their pretensions, and the cause
of all the trouble into which they have fallen. They seem not
to have been aware of the fact that the Church of Christ and of
the Saints is completely organized, and that when the man who
shall be called upon to divide unto the Saints their inheritances
comes, he will be designated by the inspiration of the Lord
to the proper authorities of the Church, appointed and sus-
tained according to the order provided for the government of
the Church. So long as that Church remains in the earth
and we have the assurance from the Lord that it will now
remain in the earth forever the Saints need look for nothing
of God's appointing that will be erratic, or irregular, or that
smacks of starting over afresh, or that would ignore or over-
throw the established order of things. The Saints should
remember that they are living in the dispensation of the full-
ness of times, when the Church of Christ is established in the
earth for the last days and for the last time, and that God's
Church is a Church of order, of law, and that there is no place
for anarchy in it. (Doc. and Cov. sec. 112: 30 also sections
33: 3; 43: 28-31.)

Respecting the views that have been expressed as to the
meaning of this passage, who the man was that was "called of
God and appointed, that put forth his hand to steady the ark
of God," that should "fall by the shaft of death, like as a tree
that is smitten by the vivid shaft of lightning," as well as who
the "one mighty and strong" was, or is to be various theories

have beeen advanced. Some of the dissenters from the Church
have advanced the idea that the Prophet Joseph Smith, largely
on account of his sad and tragic death, fell "by the shaft of
death like as a tree smitten by the vivid shaft of lightning,"
and that because of supposed transgression; while there are not
wanting those wiho hold, that the prophecy is not yet fulfilled,
but say that the fate of falling "like as a tree that is smitten by
the vivid shaft of lightening" is a fate reserved for the present
or some future President of the Church. As to the "one mighty
and strong," some hold that the he has come, others that he
is yet to come. Some have held that the Prophet Joseph Smith
was the man, and that he would be raised from the dead and
appear among the Saints to fulfill the terms of this prophecy.
Others have insisted that the late President Brigham Young
was the man who fulfilled the prediction, when with such
heaven-inspired wisdom and masterly skill he led the exiled
Saints from Nauvoo to the Rocky Mountains, and laid their
settlements in the valleys of Utah.

All these theories have been entertained and some of them
by very good brethren; but good men, and even well informed
men, are sometimes mistaken, and all are capable of receiving
larger information, and more and more light respecting the
things which God reveals.

The revelation from which the passage is quoted is a por-
tion of a letter to William W. Phelps, written by the Prophet
from Kirtland under date of November the 27th, 1832. Wil-
liam W. Phelps at the time was at Independence, Missouri. In
order that the reader may have the whole matter before him,
the letter is reproduced in extenso, and the part afterwards
accepted as the world of the Lord indicated:

"Kirtland, Nov. 27th, 1832.

"Brother William W. Phelps I say brother, because I feel
so from the heart, and although it is not long since I wrote a
letter unto you, yet I feel as though you would excuse me for
wrting this, as I have many things which I will mention in
this letter, which are lying with great weight on my mind. I
am well, and my family also; God grant that you may enjoy
the same, and yours, and all the brethren and sisters
who remember to inquire after the commandments of

.the Lord, and the welfare of Zion, and such a being
as myself; and while I dictate this letter, 1 fancy to myself
that you are saying or thinking something similar to these
words 'My God, great and mighty art Thou, therefore show
unto thy servant what shall become of all those who are
essaying to come unto Zion, in order to keep the command-
ments of God, and yet receive not their inheritance by con-
secration, by orders or deed from the Bishop, the man that
God has appointed in a legal way, agreeably to the law given
to organize and regulate the Church, and all the affairs of the
same.

''Brother William, in the love of God, having the most
implicit confidence in you as a man of God, having obtained
this confidence by a vision of heaven, therefore I will proceed
to unfold to you some of the feelings of my heart, and to an-
swer the question (here begins the revelation.) 'It is the duty
of the Lord's clerk, whom He has appointed, to keep a his-
tory, and a General Church record of all things that trans-
pire in Zion, and of all those who consecrate properties, and
receive inheritances legally from the Bishop; and also their
manner of life, their faith, and works; and also of all the apos-
tates who apostatize after receiving their inheritances. It is
contrary to the will and commandment of God, that those who
receive not their inheritances by consecration, agreeably to
His law, which He has given, that He may tithe His people,
to prepare them against the day of vengeance and burning,
should have their names enrolled with the people of God;
neither is their genealogy to be kept, or to be had where it may
be found on any of the records or history of the Church;
their names shall not be found, neither the names of the fathers,
nor the names of the children written in the book of the Law
of God, saith the Lord of Hosts. Yea, thus saith the still, small
voice, which whispereth through and pierceth all things, and
often times it maketh my bones to quake while it rwaketh
manifest, saying: And it shall come to pass, that I, the
Lord God, will send one, mighty and strong, holding
the sceptre of power in his hand, clothed with light
for a covering, whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words;
while his bowels shall be a fountain of truth, to set in order
the House of God, and to arrange by lot the inheritances of
the Saints, whose names are found, and the names of their
fathers, and of their children, enrolled in the book of the Law
of God; while that man, who was called of God and appointed,
that putteth forth his hand to steady the ark of God, shall
fall by the shaft of death, like as a tree that is smitten by the
vivid shaft of lightning; and all they who are not found written

in the book of remembrance, shall find none inheritance in.
that day, but they shall be cut asunder, and their portion shall
be appointed them among unbelievers, where are wailing and
gnashing of teeth. These things I say not of myself; therefore,
as the Lord speaketh, He will also fulfill. And they who are of
the High Priesthood, whose names are not found written in
the book of the law, or that are found to have apostatized, or
to have been cut off from the Church; as well as the lesser
Priesthood, or the members, in that day, shall not find an inheri-
tance among the saints of the Most High: therefore it shall
be done unto them, as unto the children of the priest, as will
be found recorded in the second chapter and sixty-first and
second verses of Ezra. (End of the revelation.)

"Now, Brother William, if what I have said is true, how
careful men ough to be what they do in the last days, lest they
are cut short of their expectations, and they that think they
stand should fall, because they keep not the Lord's command-
ments whilst you, who do the will of the Lord and keep His
commandments, have need to rejoice with unspeakable joy,
for such shall be exalted very high, and shall be lifted up in
triumph above all the kingdoms of this world; but I must
drop this subject at the beginning (of it.)

"Oh Lord, when will the time come when Brother William,
Thy servant, and myself, shall behold the day that we may stand
together and gaze upon eternal wisdom engraven upon the
heavens, while the majesty of our God holdeth up the dark
curtain until we may read the round of eternity, to the fullness
and satisfaction of our immortal souls? Oh Lord God, deliver
us in due time fom the little narrow prison, almost, as it were,
total darkness of paper, pen and ink and a crooked, broken,
scattered and imperfect language.

"I have obtained ten subscribers for the 'Star/ Love for
all the brethren.

Yours in bonds, Amen,

"JOSEPH SMITH, JUN."

(History of the Church, Vol. I, p 227-9.)

It is to be observed first of all that the subject of this
whole letter, as also the part of it subsequently accepted as a
revelation, relates to the affairs of the Church in Missouri, the
gathering of the saints to that land and obtaining their inheri-
tances under the law of consecration and stewardship; and the
Prophet deals especially with the matter of what is to become
of those who fail to receive their inheritances by order or deed
from the Bishop. The petition which the Prophet puts into
the mouth of his correspondent, Elder Phelps, is:

"Show unto Thy servant what shall become of all those

who are essaying to come up unto Zion, in order to keep the
commandments of God, and yet receive not their inheritance
by consecrations, by order or deed from the Bishop, the man
that God has appointed in a legal way, agreeably to the law
given to organize and regulate the Church, and all the affairs
of the same."

This paragraph clearly proves that the subject in hand is
the settling of the saints in Missouri, granting them their
inheritances, and the order of it all. In addition, the "Bishop,"
who was Edward Partridge, is especially referred to as "the
man that God has appointed in a legal way, agreeably to the
law given to organize and regulate the Church and all the affairs
of the same."

In the revelations by which Edward Partridge was called
and appointed to stand as a Bishop in the land of Zion Miss-
ouri the following occurs:

"And let my servant, Edward Partridge, stand in the office
which I have appointed him, to divide the saints their inheri-
tance, even as I have commanded; and also those whom he
has appointed to assist him. . . . Let the Bishop and the
agent make preparations for those families which have been
commanded to come to this land as soon as possible, and
plant them in their inheritance." (Doc. and Cov., Sec. 57:
7 and 15.)

"For this cause (i. e. that the Saints might be gathered
upon the land of Zion) I have sent you hither, and have selected
my servant, Edward Partridge, and have appointed unto him
his mission in this land (i. e. Jackson County, Missouri) :

"And whoso standeth in his mission, is appointed be a
judge in Israel like as it was in ancient days, to divide the
lands of the heritage of God unto His children." (Doc. and
Cov., Sec. 58: 14, 17.)

This much, then, we have learned, viz., that Edward Part-
ridge, the Bishop of the Church, was the one "called and ap-
pointed, to divide by lot unto the Saints their inheritances."
But was Edward Partridge the one in 1832 who was "putting
forth his hand to steady the ark," and threatened with falling
"by the shaft of death like as a tree that is smitten by the vivid
shaft of lightning?" Undoubtedly. The brethren in those
days were limited in their experience. The Church had been
organized but as yesterday. The order of the Priesthood was
not understood then, as it is today. The brethren composing
it had been but recently brought together. Some of them
were often in rebellion against the Prophet and the order of
the Church, because of these conditions; and it required
instruction and time and experience to enable men to

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stand their duties and preserve their right relationship to
each other as officers of the Church.

Bishop Partridge was one of the brethren, who though
a most worthy man, one whom the Lord loved, and whom the
Prophet described as "a pattern of piety," and "one of the
Lord's great men" at times arrayed himself in opposition to
the Prophet in those early days, and sought to correct him in
his administration of the affairs of the Church; in other words,
"put forth his hand to steady the ark."

On the occasion of the Prophet's first visit to Independence,
Missouri Edward Partridge accompanied him in the meetings
and conferences held upon the land of Zion, Bishop Partridge
several times strenuously opposed the measures of the Prophet,
and was sharply reproved by the latter for his unbelief and
hardness of heart. Indeed the apostate, Ezra Booth, who was
present, made the scene between the Bishop and the Prophet
one of the items that justified to him his apostasy. He refers
to! the circumstance in a letter, addressed to Bishop Partridge,
which has been several times published in anti-"Mormon" litera-
ture. The Bishop, moreoevr, was reproved for his "blindness
of heart and unbelief," and warned of the danger of falling from
his high station, in a revelation given in August, 1831, while
both he and the Prophet were still in Missouri:

"Yea, for this cause I have sent you hither, and have selected
my servant Edward Partridge, and have appointed unto him his
mission in this land; but if he repent not of his sins,which are
unbelief and blindness of heart, let him take heed lest he fall."
(Doc. and Cov., Sec. 58: 14-16.)

All the foregoing occurred during the first visit of the
Prophet to Missouri.

In the latter part of April, 1832, the Prophet again visited
the center place of Zion Independnece, Missouri. There were
still ill-feelings existing among the brethren, especially between
Elder Rigdon and Bishop Partridge; but those difficulties were
adjusted and Bishop Partridge in the conference that was held
on the 26th of April, gave to the Prophet the right hand of
fellowship in behalf of the Church in Missouri and acknowledged
him to be the President of the High Priesthood of the Church.

But notwithstanding the adjustment of all difficulties on

this occasion, we learn from the correspondence that passed
between the brethren of Kirtland and Independence, respect-
ively, that the old difficulties in all their bitterness broke out
afresh. Referring to this subject, Elders Orson Hyde and
Hyrum Smith, who had been appointed by a council of High

Priests at Kirtland to write a letter of reproof and warning to
"Bishop Partridge, his Council and the Inhabitants of Zion,"

say:

"At the time Joseph, Sidney, (Rigdon) and Newell (K.
Whitney) left Zion, all matters of hardness .and misunder-
standing were settled and buried (as they supposed), and you
gave them the hand of fellowship; but, afterwards, you brought v
up all these things again, in a censorious spirit, accusing
Brother Joseph in rather an indirect way of seeking after
monarchial power and authority. * * * It might not be
amiss for you to call to mind the circumstances of the Nephites,
and the children of Israel rising up against their Prophets,
and accusing them of seeking after kingly power, and see what
befell them, and take warning before it is too late."

In a letter written by the Prophet himself on the same oc-
casion, written to accompany a revelation which he was sending
to Zion, he refers in very pointed words to the ill-feeling existing
towards him by the brethen in Zion:

"Though our brethren in Zion indulge in feelings
towards us, which are not according to the requirements of the
new covenant, yet, we have the satisfaction of knowing that
the Lord approved of us, and has accepted us. * * * Re-
pent, repent, is the voice of God to Zion * * * I say to you
(and what I say to you I say to all), hear the warning voice
of God, lest Zion fall, and the Lord swear in His wrath the in-
habitants of Zion shall not enter into His rest."

Also in a revelation given on the 22nd and 23rd of Sep-
tember, 1852 five months after the reconciliation at Inde-
pendence the following occurs:

"And your minds in times past have been darkened because
of unbelief, and because you have treated lightly the things
you have received, which vanity and unbelief have brought
the whole Church under condemnation. And this condemnation
resteth upon the children of Zion, even all; and they shall re-
main under this condemnation until they repent and remember
the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon and the former
commandments which I have given them, not only to say,
but to do according to that which is written, that they may
bring forth fruit meet for their father's kingdom, otherwise
there remaineth a scourge and a judgment to be poured out
upon the children of Zion. * * * But verily I say unto all
those to whom the kingdom has been given, from you it must
be preached unto them, that they shall repent of their former
evil works, for they are to be upbraided for their evil hearts

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of unbelief; and your brethren in Zion for their rebellion
against you at the time I sent you." (Doc. and Cov., Sec.
84: 54-58 and 76.)

It was while these conditions of rebellion, jealousy, pride,
unbelief and hardness of heart prevailed among the brethren
in Zion Jackson county, Missouri in all of which Bishop
Partridge participated, that the words of the revelation taken
from the letter to William W. Phelps of the 27th of November,
1832, were written. The "man who was called and appointed
of God" to "divide unto the Saints their inheritance" Edward
Partridge was at that time out of order, neglecting his own
duty, and putting "forth his hand to steady the ark;" hence
he was warned of the judgment of God impending, and the
prediction was made that another, "one mighty and strong,"
would be sent of God to take his place, to have his bishopric
one having the spirit and power of that high office resting upon
him, by which he would have power to "set in order the house
of God, and arrange by lot the in heritance of the Saints; in
other words, one who would do the work that Bishop Edward
Partridge had been appointed to do, but had failed to accom-
plish.

"But," it will be asked, "does Bishop Partridge fulfill the
terms of the prophecy that relate to the man falling "by the
shaft of death, like as a tree that is smitten by the vivid shaft
of lightning?' " That should not be said without some quali-
fication; although Edward Partridge died eight years later,
in the forty-seventh year of his age, a victim of the persecution
he suffered in Missouri.

Edward Partridge, in common with the most of the Saints
in Missouri, as a result of the reproofs and warnings of the
Prophet and others, was brought toj a partial repentance; still,
as late as March, 1833, notwithstanding the partial repentance
referred to, the Lord expressed himself as being "not well
pleased" with Bishop Partridge and others:

"Behold I say unto you that your brethren in Zion begin
to repent, and the angels rejoice over them; nevertheless, I am
not well pleased with many things, and I am not well pleased
with my servant William E. McLellin, neither with my servant
Sidney Gilbert; and the Bishop also (Edward Partridge), and

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others have many things to repent of; but verily 1 say unto
you that I, the Lord, will continue with Zion, and plead with
her strong ones, and chasten her until she overcomes and is
clean before me." (Doc. and Cov. Sec. 90: 34-37),

Because of the failure of the Saints in Zion to fully repent
and keep the commandments of the Lord, the fury of their
enemies burst upon them, and they were driven from their
possessions into exile, and their homes were destroyed. I here
give the Lord's explanation of the troubles that came upon
the people; it is found in a revelation given under date of
December 16th, 1833:

"Verily I say unto you, concerning your brethren who
have been afflicted, and persecuted, and cast out from the land
of their inheritance, I, the Lord, have suffered the affliction to
come upon them, wherewith they have been afflicted, in conse-
quence of their transgressions; yet I will own them, and they
shall be mine in that day when I shall. come to make up my
jewels. Therefore, they must needs be chastened and tried,
even as Abraham, who was commanded to offer up his only
son; for all those who will not endure chastening, but deny
me, cannot be sanctified. Behold, I say unto you, there were
jarrings and contentions, and envyings, and strifes, and lust-
ful and covetous desires among them; therefore by these
things they polluted their inheritances. They were slow to
hearken unto the voice of the Lord, their God, therefore the
Lord their God is slow to hearken unto their prayers, to answer
them in the day of their trouble. In the day of their peace
they esteemed lightly my counsel; but in the day of their
trouble, of necessity they feel after me. Verily I say unto you,
notwithstanding their sins, my bowels are filled with compassion
towards them; I will not utterly cast them off; and in the day
of wrath I will remember mercy." (Doc. and Cov. Sec. 101:
1-9.)

In the midst of the troublous times in Missouri Edward
Partridge acted a most noble, and self-sacrificing part, and
bore many indignities with the greatest patience. He was
taken to the public square of Independence, partly stripped of
his clothing and bedaubed with tar and feathers amid the jeers
of the mob. He neither complained nor murmured at this
treatment, but bore it well, with meekness and dignity. He was
one with five others to offer himself as a ransom for the
Church, "willing to be scourged, or even put to death," if that

would but satisfy the tormentors of the Saints and stop the
inhuman cruelties practised towards them by the Missourians.
He was also active in settling the Saints in upper Missouri in
1836-8. He shared in all the labors and hardships incident
to the settlement of a new country, and subsequently passed
through the trials attendant upon the exodus of the Saints from
Missouri. Who shall say that his repentance, his sacrifices,
his sufferings and faithfulness did not procure for him a
mitigation of the severe judgment decreed against him in the
revelation contained in the eighty-fifth section of the Doctrine
and Covenants? At any rate the Lord said, some three years
later, that He was well pleased with Edward Partridge. The
word of the Lord came to the Prophet to this effect on the
7th of November, 1835:

"Behold I am well pleased with my servant Isaac Morley,
and my servant Edward Partridge, because of the integrity of
their hearts in laboring in my vineyard, for the salvation of
the souls of men. Verily I say unto you, their sins are for-
given them; therefore say unto them, in my name, that it is
my will that they should tarry for a little season (in Kirtland)
and attend the school, and also the solemn assembly, for a wise
purpose in me. Even so. Amen." (Church Hist. Vol. 1 pp.
203-3.)

Certainly in the face of this plain statement of the Lord's
that the sins of Edward Partridge were forgiven him, we do
not feel that his sad and early death was the fulfillment of the
threatened judgment of the revelation. But that he was the
man so threatened in that revelation there can be no question;
not only on account of what is here set forth, but also because
Orson Pratt, one familiar with Edward Partridge, and an active
participant in all these historical matters, publicly declared
from the pulpit in Salt Lake City, about the time of the death
of President Young, that the man referred to in the passage
of the revelation in question was Bishop Edward Partridge.
Of the fact of his statement there can be no doubt; and at the
time he was the Historian of the Church as well as a member
of the quorum of the Apostles.

Now, as to the "one mighty and strong," who shall be sent
of God," to "set in order the house of God, and to arrange by

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lot the inheritances of the Saints:" Who is he? What position
will he hold in the Church? In what manner will he come to
his calling? We draw attention first of all to the fact that this
whole letter to William W. Phelps, as well as the part after-
wards accepted as the word of the Lord, related to the affairs
of the Church in Zion, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.
And inasmuch as through his repentance and sacrifices and
suffering Bishop Edward Partridge undoubtedly obtained a
mitigation of the threatened judgment against him of falling
"by the shaft of death, like as a tree that is smitten by the
vivid shaft of lightning," so the occasion for sending another
to fill his station "one mighty and strong to set in order the
house of God and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the
Saints" may also be considered as having passed away and
the whole incident of the prophecy closed. 85: Closed.

Such examples of the Lord thus dealing with men are
found in other scriptures than in this revelation. The word
of the Lord came to the Prophet Isaiah, commanding him to
carry what was really a death sentence to Hezekiah, king of
Israel, which sentence, however, was revoked by the Lord when
the king earnestly prayed that his life might be spared unto
him. The incident is related in the second book of Kings, as
follows:

"In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the
prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said unto
him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou
shalt die, and not live.

"Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the
Lord, saying,

"I beseech Thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked
before Thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done
that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

"And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the
middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

"Turn again, and tell Hezekiah, the captain of my people,
Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard
thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will, heal thee; on
the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.

"And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will
deliver thee and this city out of the hands of the king of

Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and
for my servant David's sake." (2 Kings, 20:1-6.)

Notwithstanding his self-enumeration of virtues in the
above passage, it is quite evident from the closing verses of the
chapter that King Hezekiah was a proud, vain, and selfish man;
yet the Lord loved him for the good that was in him, and
hearkened to his prayer, and set aside the sentence of death
decreed against him.

Other instances of like procedure will doubtless occur to
the saints as they think upon this subject. If God, in the case
of Hezekiah and other of His servants, prophets and kings in
Israel, could thus mitigate or change the decrees against them,
should it be accounted a strange thing that He forgave Edward
Partridge his sins and withheld the execution of the judgment
pronounced against him.

If, however, there are those who will still insist that the
prophecy concerning the coming of "one mighty and strong"
is still to be regarded as relating to the future, let the Latter-
day Saints know that he will be a future Bishop of the Church
who will be with the saints in Zion, Jackson County, Missouri,
when the Lord shall establish them in that land; and he will
be so blessed with the spirit and power of his calling that he
will be able to set in order the house of God, pertaining to
the department of the work under his jurisdiction; and in
righteousness and justice will "arrange by lot the inheritances
of the saints." He will hold the same high and exalted station
that Edward Partridge held; for the latter was called to do just
this kind of work that is, to set in order the house of God
as pertaining to settling the saints upon their inheritances,
as will appear from the following passage:

"And let my servant Edward Partridge stand in the office
which I have appointed him, to divide the saints their inheri-
tance, even as I have commanded; and also those whom he has
appointed to assist him. - * * Let the Bishop and the agent
make preparations for those families, which have been com-
manded to come to this land, as soon as possible, and plant
them in their inheritance," (Doc. and Cov., Sec. 57: 7 and 15.)

"For this cause (viz. that the saints might be gathered
upon the land of Zion) I have sent you hither and have selected

my servant Edward Partridge and have appointed unto him his
mission in this land (in Jackson County, Missouri.) * * *

"And whoso standeth in his mission is appointed to be a
judge in Israel, like as it was in ancient days, to divide the
lands of the heritage of God, unto his children." (Doc. and
Cov., Sec. 58: 14, 17.)

This future Bishop will also be called and appointed of
God as Aaron of old, and as Edward Partridge was. He will
be designated by the inspiration of the Lord, and will be ac-
cepted and sustained by the whole Church, as the law of God
provides. His coming will not be the result of a wild, erratic
movement or the assumption of authority by a self-appointed
egotist seeking power that he may lord it over the people; God's
house is one of order, and admits of no such irregular pro-
cedure.

Certainly, this prophecy does not allude in any way to any
President of the Church, past, present, or to come. The revela-
tion under consideration does not relate to matters that espec-
ially concern the duties of the President of the Church; but
to the arranging ''by lot the inheritances of the saints," and
that is the whole substance of the revelation, a matter dis-
tinctly placed under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of the
Church. If it shall be urged that the phrase "to set in order
the house of God," indicates a larger scope of action than that
contemplated in settling the Saints upon their inheritances,
the reasonable and sufficient answer is that the scope of this
phrase should most certainly be interpreted by the whole sub-
ject of the revelation, and not the meaning of the revelation by
this particular phrase. So that the phrase "set in order the
the house of God" is limited to setting in order the house of
God by arranging by lot the inheritances of the Saints.

In conclusion we would say that the Latter-day Saints by
this time should be so well settled in the conviction that God
has established His church in the earth for the last time, to
remain and no more to be thrown down, or destroyed; and that
God's house is a house or order, of law, of regularity, that
erratic disturbers of that order, men of restless temperament,
who through ignorance and egotism become vain babblers,
yet make great pretensions to prophetic powers and other

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spiritual graces and gifts, ought not to have any influence
with them, nor ought the saints to be disturbed in their spirit
by such characters and their theories. The Church of Christ
is with the saints. It has committed to it the law of God for
its own government and perpetuation. It possesses every
means for the correction of every wrong or abuse or error
which may from time to time arise, and that without anarchy,
or even revolution; it can do it by processes of evolution
by development, by an increase of knowledge, wisdom patience
and charity.

The presiding quorums of the Church will always be
composed of such men, they will be chosen in such manner,
that the saints can be assured that solid wisdom, righteousness,
and conscientious adherence to duty will characterize the policy
of those who are entrusted with the administration of the af-
fairs of the Church. While from time to time, as the work
of the Lord may have need of their services, men of exceptional
talents, and abilities will develop among the people of God,
and, without disorder, or eruption, or excitement they will be
called of the Lord through the appointed agencies of the Priest-
hood and Church authority, to positions that will afford them
opportunity for service. They will be accepted by the saints
in the regular order, appointed by the law of the Church,
just as Edward Partridge was called and accepted; and just
as the "one mighty and strong" will be called and accepted
when the times comes for his services.

JOSEPH F. SMITH,
JOHN R. WINDER,
ANTHON H. LUND,

First Presidency.

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"THE ONE MIGHTY AND STRONG"

as "THUS SAITH THE LORD"
Taken from Holy Writ, etc. By John T. Clark.

Having just read the article, "ONE MIGHTY AND
STRONG," from the viewpoint of the Church authorities, I am
like the man who, after eating all that was set before him,
still had a very raveneous and unsatisfied appetite. I am very
hungry and my appetite is not at all appeased and I imagine
a great many people are in the same fix. In order to fully
satisfy my hunger on this subject, I want some food, "THUS
SAITH THE LORD," instead of the opinions of men. There-
fore all who desire may join me and we will proceed to feast
upon "THUS SAITH THE LORD."

In examining and answering the article, "The One Mighty
and Strong," promulgated by the Presidency of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and published in the
Deseret News of November llth, 1905, at Salt Lake City,
Utah, and also in the Improvement Era, Vol. XII, October,
1907, apparent redundency may seem quite obvious to the
sagacious mind, but in elucidating upon so important a ques-
tion I deem it very necessary that a thorough analytical and
synthetical deduction be gone into and that the covering up,
and healing application (so to speak) and made of holy
writ, be made larger than the apparent wound and resultant
scar; This Church article (made by the opinion of men or
precepts of men, II Nephi 27:25; Mor. 8:35,) has created and
left in the minds of those who are "not weaned from the milk
and drawn from the breasts," (Isaiah 28:9,) and also that its
scarred and discrepant features (whether purposely intended
or ignorantly thrust upon the people) be entirely eradicated
and obscured, and forever hid from view of all truth loving
people; also that its very disastrous effect in the minds of
many who have or may read it, may be absolutely obliterated,
and that a perfect healing and cured effect may obtain, that
all may see the sandy foundation upon which the said Church
article is predicated, that perhaps the truth seeker will be will-
ing to accept "Thus saith the Lord," taken from Holy Writ,
upon so important a subject.

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THE 85th SECTION OF DOCTRINE AND
COVENANTS ANALYZED.

The "ONE MIGHTY AND STRONG" is spoken of in the
85th Section of Doctrine and Covenants. The 7th and 8th
verses of this Revelation read as follows:

"And it shall come to pass that I, the Lord God will send
"One Mighty and Strong," holding the sceptre of power in his
hand, clothed with light for a covering, whose mouth shall utter
words, eternal words; while his bowels shall be a fountain of
truth, to set in order the house of God, and to arrange by lot
the inheritances of the Saints, whose names are found, and the
names of their fathers, and of their children, enrolled in the
book of the law of God:

"While that man, who was called of God and appointed,
that putteth forth his hand to steady the ark of God, shall fall
by the shaft of death, like as a tree that is smitten by the vivid
shaft of lightning."

In the seventh paragraph we have two separate and dis-
tinct works spoken of, viz.: The setting of the House of God
in order as one and the first work, and the arranging by lot the
inheritances of the Saints in the center Stake of Zion or
Mount Zion, the New Jerusalem (Doc. & Cov. 84:2) as the
other, and complementary work. Both of these events are to
be accomplished by the self-same individual. The scriptures
plainly tell us these works are separate and distinct from each
other, and that the arranging by lot the inheritances of the
Saints in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, is abso-
lutely supplementary and dependent upon the House of God
(or Church) (Col. 4:15, I Tim. 3:15); being set in order ac-
cording to the laws of the Celestial Kingdom, (Doc. & Cov.
105:1-6;) which laws, are consecration, United Order, and
plurality of wives, etc. (Isaiah 4:11 Nephi 14:) These laws must
be lived in order to possess the promised land. For the Lord
says: "My law shall be kept upon that land" Doc. & Cov. 58:
19. The Lord's request to Seymour B. Young as spoken of in
a revelation to Prest. John Taylor in 1882, was to conform
to His law, which was polygamy. The Doctrine and Covenants

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also plainly shows this is God's law. Doc. & Cov. 132:31-34 also
Isaiah 4: and II Nephi Chap. 14 shows plurality of wives one of
God's laws that will be practiced after Zion's redemption in the
land of the New Jerusalem, and that the pure in heart are the
only ones that will possess the New Jerusalem when Zion is
redeemed (Doc. & Cov. 100:16, 101:17-21, 56:18). Some people
may ask why the Saints were driven out of that promised land:
For the answer see Doc. & Cov. 105:1-6, 29, 34; 101:1, 2;
104:1-9; and on what conditions will they be privileged to re-
turn and possess that promised heritage, see Doc. & Cov.
105:1-6, 29, 34; 85:3; 100:16; 101:17-21; 119:51; 41:4-11;
42:30-39, 71-73; 58:17, 18.

The place of the New Jerusalem in Independence, Jackson
County, Missouri is the only place appointed, or that will be
appointed for the gathering of the Saints before the second
coming of Jesus Christ, Doc. & Cov. 101:20; 49:22-26; and
before Christ's second coming the Lamanites are to "blossom
as the rose," Doc. & Cov. 49:24, and be the principle builders
of the New Jerusalem, III. Nephi 20:14-22; 21:23. Which city
and temple must be built before the Saviour's second coming,
III Nephi 21:23-25; Doc. & Cov. 42:36; 101:6-21; 49:24,
25; 84:2-5, and in the time of the generation living in 1832,
for the Lord says, "for verily this generation shall not all
pass away until an house shall be built unto the Lord, and a
cloud shall rest upon it, which cloud shall be even the glory
of the Lord, which shall fill the house." Doc. & Cov. 84:5; II.
Nephi 14: Isaiah 4: This can only be accomplished subsequently
to the making bare of the arm of the Lord, III Nephi 20:35-37;
Doc. & Cov. 105:34, when the captive daughter of Zion looses
herself from the bands of her neck, which the 10th paragraph
of the 113th section of the Doctrine and Covenants says, "is the
scattered and cursed remnants among the Gentiles," The
10th verse of the 90th section of the Doctrine and Covenants
shows the making bare of the Lord's arm to be in. the future,
and is for the purpose of convincing the Jews, the heathen
nations and the house of Joseph of the gospel of their salvation.
Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11. The Angel in speaking to Nephi said the
last books and the last records were to come forth for the

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express purpose of convincing the Jews, the gentiles and the
Lamaniics, that former records were true, I Nephi 13:39-41;
II Nephi 3:11. The Indian Prophet is to bring about much
restoration unto the house of Israel and unto the Lamanites,
etc., which is a future event, so he must be the one to bring
forth the last records, etc., which is still future from June,
1922, II Nephi 3:11, 24. Christ's explanation to the Nephites
concerning this matter is, that He will make bare His arm
in the coming forth of the last and all records, which is future,
as is the making bare of his holy arm, also in the future
(See III Nephi 20:21, particularly the 35th verse of the 20th
Chapter and verses 9-11 of the 21st Chapter.) The scrip-
tures show this great change will transpire when God raises
up the man like unto Moses. Doc. & Cov. 103: 11-18 and per-
forms the mission and calling as spoken of in the 85th section of
the Doc. & Cov. which will certainly be a strange act, Doc.
& Cov. 101:29-95; 95:1-4; Isaiah 28:21, which is future.

REDEMPTION OF ZION.

Joseph Smith prayed that if the people of this land did
not cease to spoil and persecute the Saints, and interfere with
their religious rights in living the Gospel as revealed from
heaven: (which they have not done as yet, for laws enacted to
prohibit the Church from living the law as spoken of in the
132nd Section Doc. & Cov. is still unrepealed) "Make bare
Thine arm O Lord and redeem that which thou didst appoint,
a Zion unto thy people Doc. & Cov. 109:51, 52:101:20, 21. The
Lord is to raise up one like unto Moses to redeem Zion, (this
will conform to the request of Joseph's prayer) and lead her
back to the place appointed, Doc. & Cov. 101:20, 21, which will
be at the time the Lord sees fit to make bare his arm, (to
also conform to the request of Joseph's prayer.) In the coming
forth of records as Jesus explained to the Nephites, III Nephi
20:29-40; 21:8-12; and as Alma says, in which the Lord would
show forth His power, Alma 37:4, 14, 18, 19, (sceptre of
power). This modern Moses must hold a sceptre of power to

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be like unto Moses of old and do the kind of mission as
described in the seventh verse of the 85th Section of the Doc.
& Cov. (see Doc. & Cov. 90:16; 107:91-93.)

A PRESIDENT TO FALL BY THE SHAFT OF DEATH.

The 8th paragraph of the 85th section of the Doctrine
and Covenants reads thus: "While that man who was called
of God and appointed, that putteth forth his hand to steady
the Ark of God shall fall by the shaft of death like as a tree
that is smitten by the vivid shaft of lightning." (Prov. 28:10;
Mormon 8:21; Psalms 75:6, 7; Doc. & Cov. 3:4; 58:20; 90:5;
II Nephi 13:12-15; 19:14-16; Mormon 8:38-41; II Nephi 28:14;
I Nephi 4:13.) This revelation was given through Joseph Smith,
Jr. November 27, 1832, at Kirtland, Ohio; and by a great many
people, because of this particular 8th verse, it has been depre-
cated and many interpretations placed upon it, in order to stop
its deadly aim at the one for whom it is intended, who "putteth
forth his hand to steady the ark of God." Some people have said
it ought not to be in the Doctrine and Covenants and attempts
are made to explain away its very important purport and
meaning. The Church article of 1905 makes the statement
"And inasmuch as through his repentance and sacrifices and
suffering Bishop Edward Partridge undoubtedly obtained a
mitigation of the threatened judgment against him of falling
"by the shaft of death like as a tree that is smitten by the
vivid shaft of lightning," so that the occasion for sending an-
other to fill his station 'one mighty and strong to set in order
the house of God and to arrange by lot the inheritance of the
Saints' may also be considered as having passed away and the
whole incident of the prophecy closed." Now why is this done?
Because it indicates the removal of a President of the Church
in a very strange manner, (strange act, Doc. & Cov. 95:3-5;
101:91-96; Isaiah 28:21.) This strange way in dealing with a
President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
is not a savory dish to be altogether relished by individuals
of high authority in the Church. The feelings of the authorities

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regarding this matter seem in a measure to be similar as they
were in the days of the Savior, "O Lord, if thou wilt let this
cup pass," but now as then; because the crucifixion of a
Savior was necessary for man's salvation, even so the falling
of a President in a strange way is also necessary in order to
fulfill scripture and carry out the plan of redemption that was
laid in the heavens for the salvation of the children of men
in our day and time. Alma 42:26. But in the tenth verse of this
said revelation Joseph Smith, the Prophet says, "these things I
say not of myself therefore as the Lord speaketh He will also
fulfill." God says "woe unto they who wrest or change the mean-
ing of the scriptures for it shall be to their own destruction,"
Alma 13:20 Heleman 3:29, 30; II Nephi 31:20; 33:2; 32:7; I
Nephi 16:1-3; Alma 17:2, 3; 34:7; Heleman 13:25-30; Doc. &
Cov. 58:20. "Wo unto all those who tremble and are angry
because of the truth of God for behold he that is built upon
the rock receiveth it with gladness and he that is built upon
a sandy foundation trembleth lest he shall fall," II Nephi
28:28, 29; Alma 13:20; Doc. & Cov. 85:8, "Wo unto those who
say we have enough and need no more of the word of God and
say 'all is well in Zion, yea Zion prospers all is well/ II Nephi
28:24-32. It is not strange to think the Lord is going to send
one "Mighty and Strong" holding the sceptre of power in his
hand, clothed with light for a covering, etc. to set in order the
House of God, I Tim. 3:15, and to arrange by lot the inheri-
tances of the Saints in Independence, Jackson County. Mis-
souri; but it certainly does seem strange to a great many
people, judging from the way they talk and act, to think that
a President is going to fall as is described in the eighth para-
graph of the 85th section of the Doctrine and Covenants, in
order to make room for this "Mighty and Strong" one's coming.
So strange is this act that many of the leading men of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints say it is not going
to happen, and that there will be no strange act, and they say
the Lord will not dishonor his priesthood in any such a way;
but the Lord says in the revelation to President Taylor in 1882
"for my priests whom I have called and whom I have sustained
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Priesthood, (Polygamy is one law that is specifically referred
to in President Taylor's revelation to be sustained and con-
tinued and obeyed) "or they shall not be considered worthy to
hold my priesthood, saith the Lord." In open violation of the
request to continue polygamy the Manifesto was issued and
sustained by the Church as a pretended revelation or estoppel
of polygamy, and is branded as a sort of revelation by the
authorities of the Church today, but Isaiah says it is a "covenant
with death and agreement with hell, a refuge of lies and a
hiding place; and that God in His wrath will rise up, and per-
form His strange act," Doc. & Cov. 85:7, 8; Isaiah 28:21 ; Doc. &
Cov. 101:95; 95:4; "and your covenant with death shall be dis-
annulled and your agreement with hell shall not stand." And
the Lord through this mighty and strong servant, (Isaiah 28:2,
17) will sweep away this refuge of lies (manifesto) and this
"Mighty and Strong One" is to redeem Zion by a mighty power
Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18; therefore in justice to what has been
done by the Latter-day Saint Church, people can look for the
Lord in his wrath to perform his strange act, one part of which
is, as the Lord says, "while that man who was called of God and
appointed, that putteth forth his hand to steady the ark of
God," (in sustaining and calling the manifesto a revelation
and in sustaining this Church article of 1905, published to the
world that the "mighty and strong one" is to be a Bishop and
that there is no strange act and setting of the Church in order
necessary, and casting out polygamists and men with the gift
of healing from the Church and fighting and opposing the
coming forth of the last records etc., and because of these
steadying of the ark acts,) some President shall fall by the
shaft of death like as a tree that is smitten by the vivid shaft
of lightning.

The fulfillment of this particular portion of this said
revelation is reasonable and absolutely necessary as a comple-
ment to the meaning of the general content set forth in the
revelation, for without this particular feature (8th verse) the
sense of the whole revelation as it was intended to be conveyed
would be incomplete and destroyed, (or wrested) : For when
God sees fit to send this one "Mighty and Strong" modern

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Moses, who is to be a President, Doc. & Cov. 107:91-93 to set his
House in order, Col. 4:15; I Tim. 3:15, and establish the Saints
in their inheritances in Zion, the New Jerusalem, some disposi-
tion must be made of the one who will be taking charge of the
affairs of the Church of God on earth, and it will not be a
Bishop who will be taking charge of the affairs of the Church,
for no Bishop can preside as long as some one holding the
Melchisedek Priesthood is on the earth. And at the time when
God sees fit to raise up this one like unto Moses, who is to be
a President of the High Priesthood, (Doc. & Cov. 107:91-93,)
who will hold the sceptre of power in his hand to do this great
and mightly work for the redemption of Zion. The disposition
God has prescribed seems to be in very plain language, and
ought not to be mis-understood by any one "he shall fall by
the shaft of death like as a tree that is smitten by the vivid
shaft of lightning." Why this strange and sudden death?
God answers; because he putteth forth his hand to steady the
ark of God. It is very plain that in some way or other the
President of the Church will be doing something, as God'?
called and appointed servant, that will displease the Lord to
such an extent as to merit such a sudden, strange death. It
certainly will be a strange act for a President and leader of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sains to be removed in
such a strange and sudden manner. But Joseph Smith says
about this strange death, "the Lord speaketh and he will also
fulfill,"," Doc. & Cov. 85:10. And the Lord says, "search
these commandments for they are true and faithful and the
prophecies and promises which are in them shall all be fulfilled.
What I have spoken I have spoken and I excuse not myself,
etc., Doc. & Cov. 1 :37, 38. And again the Lord says, "And
though the heavens and earth pass away my word shall not pass
away but shall all be fulfilled." According to these statements
of the Lord, we are absolutely assured of the fulfillment of this
strange and sudden death of this prominent man, so it is im-
material as to how we appreciate it. Nephi says, "it is better
that one man should perish, than that a nation should dwindle
and perish in unbelief," I Nephi 4:13. Isaiah says, "The Lord

wiii be wroth and rise up and perform His strange act," Isaiah
28:21.

THE PRESIDENT WHO IS TO FALL IS TERMED
DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND.

The Lord also says, "Who is blind but my servant? or
deaf, as my messenger that I sent? Who is blind as he that
is perfect, and blind as the Lord's servant," Isaiah 42:19, 31, 24;
50:1, 2; Mica 4:9; Doc. & Cov. 133:67-74; Mormon 8:38. Isaiah
says "The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients"
(ancients is the head, II Nephi 19:15) of his people, and the
princes thereof, for ye have eaten up the vineyard and the
spoil of the poor in your houses" II Nephi 13:14. United Order
and consecration are abandoned today, making inequality, rich
and poor, mansions and hovels, class distinction and favoritism
in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, out of which
this Church must be redeemed and set in order, to be agree-
able to the laws of the Celestial Kingdom, which is equality,
all things common, no rich, no poor, no high, no low and no
class distinction. Every man seeking the interest of his neigh-
bor in order to be acceptable unto God in the Celestial King-
dom, Doc. & Cov. 105:1-7, 34. Isaiah also says, "The ancient,
he's the head and the Prophet that teacheth lies he's the tail."
II Nephi 19:14-16. The authorities say there is not going to be
any strange act, but the Lord says there is going to be a
strange act, therefore will the Lord cut off from Israel "head
and tail, branch and rush in one day, for the leaders of this
people cause them to err, and they that are lead of them are
destroyed" II Nephi 19:14-16; Mica 4: Therefore according to
this scripture by Isaiah the Prophet, which is translated from
the plates by the Prophet Joseph Smith and which we find
recorded in the Book of Mormon and written in a language in
which no man can err, (II Nephi 25:7, 8,) a President will be
removed by a sudden and strange death, for he is the head.
These quotations from Isaiah, taken from the Brass Plates, Nephi
deemed necessary to be handed down to our days, even the last

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} ''for in that day shall they understand them, wherefore fof
our good were they written." II Nephi 25-7, 8; 11 :8; 12:2. Inas-
much as the strange act spoken of is a future happening, (Doc.
& Cov. 95:1-4, 101 :85-95, Isaiah 28:21), the index finger of appli-
cation of the scriptures just quoted points very forcibly to the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today, bcause we
are not yet redeemed from inequality, class distinction and re-
stored to the living of the law of the Celestial Kingdom in order
to be entitled to an inheritance and be established in Mount
Zion, Doc. & Cov. 105:1-7, 34. Now because the Proph-
et Joseph Smith saw fit to enclose this revelation as is
recorded in the 85th section of the Doctrine and Covenants in
a letter written to W. W. Phelps, attempts are made to limit its
meaning and mission to Bishop Edward Partridge of the days
of the Prophet Joseph Smith, some seventy years ago. And
also to go so far as to say that the 85th section of the Doctrine
and Covenants is obsolete and fulfilled.

WHY A PRESIDENT IS TO FALL.

The Lord says, "woe unto those who wrest (or change)
the meaning of the scripture, for it shall be unto their destruc-
tion "wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees," (II
Nephi 20:1,) and judge not according to the law of God, II
Nephi 18:20. This has been done by the authorities of this
Church within the last few years and still remains unrectified.
Wo unto them who make lies their refuge and under false-
hood hide themselves for God in his wrath will sweep away
their covering and put them to shame, Isaiah 66:4-6; 28: Wo
unto the leaders of my people who spoil the poor and cause
my Church to err, for I will cut them off, head and tail, branch
and rush in one day, II Nephi 13:19: Wo unto them that write
compacts and call them revelations for he who doeth this shall
die, Deut. 18:20. Inasmuch as the Manifesto is published as a
revelation, death is the penalty unless God is the author of it,
and the scriptures and history show he is not the author of it.
Inasmuch as the article entitled the "One Mighty and Strong"

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in the Deseret News of November 11, 1905, by President Joseph
F. Smith at that time, and his counsellors, (wherein the effort
is made to limit this mighty work of setting the House of God
in order, etc., to a Bishop's capacity and that the one to fall
was a Bishop) is not scriptural nor the will and intention of
Almighty God, it is an imposition upon the people and a wrest-
ing of the scriptures, and an assumption on the part of those
who have advocated it and given the Church and all people to
understand that said article is to be taken as authoritative.
The scriptures prove conclusively that it is a President's mis-
sion and not a Bishop's. Doc. & Cov. 90:16; 107:33. Then the
responsibility of this article rests upon those who have attached
their names unto it, and all they who may sustain and advocate
it; and they become subject to the following scriptures, Deut.
18:20; 13:5; Jer. 14:15; Zech. 13:3; Doc. & Cov. 85:8; I Nephi
4:13, which is capital punishment. Thus we see it is not a diffi-
cult thing to understand why the President of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is to fall in the sudden and
strange manner spoken of (Doc. & Cov. 85:) for putting forth
his hand to steady the ark of God. The letter to W. W. Phelps
reads as follows, (taken from the Deseret News of date Nov-
ember 11, 1905.>

JOSEPH SMITH THE PROPHET'S LETTER
TO W. W. PHELPS.

Kirtland, November 27, 1832.
Brother William W. Phelps:

I say, Brother, because I feel so from the heart, and al-
though it is not long since I wrote a letter unto you, yet I feel
as though you would excuse me for writing this as I have many
things which I wish to communicate. Some things which I
will mention in this letter, which are lying with great weight
on my mind. I am well and my family also; God grant that
you may enjoy the same and yours, and all the brethren and
sisters who remember to inquire after the commandments of
the Lord, and the welfare of Zion, and such a being as myself;
and while I dictate this letter, I fancy to myself that you are
saying or thinking something similar to these words my God,

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great and mighty art thou, therefore show unto thy servant
what shall become of all those who are essaying to come up
unto Zion in order to keep the commandments of God and yet
receive not their inheritance by consecration, by order or deed
from the Bishop, the man that God has appointed in a legal
way, agreeably to the laws given to organize and regulate the
Church and all the affairs of the same (here the law instead
of the Bishop is spoken of as being given, according to which
all the affairs of the Church are to be regulated and organized,
Doc. & Cov. 58:18 under the direction of the Presidency, Doc.
& Cov. 90:12-16; 107:33.) Brother William in the Love of
God, having the most implicit confidence in you as a man of
God, having obtained this confidence by a vision from heaven,
therefore I will proceed to unfold to you some of the feelings
of my heart, and to answer the question (here begins the reve-
lation Doc. & Cov. 85th Section), as follows:

1. It is the duty of the Lord's clerk, whom he has ap-
pointed, to keep a history, and a General Church Record of all
things that transpire in Zion, and of all those who consecrate
properties, and receive inheritances legally from the Bishop;

2. And also their manner of life, their faith, and works;
and also of all the apostates who have apostatized after receiv-
ing their inheritances. It is contrary to the will and command-
ment of God that those who receive not their inheritance by
consecration, agreably to His law, which He has given, that
he may tithe his people to prepare them against the day of
vengeance and burning, should have their names enrolled with
the people of God; neither is their genealogy to be kept, or to
be had where it may be found on any of the records or history
of the Church; their names shall not be found, neither the
names of the fathers, nor the names of the children written in
the book of the law of God, saith the Lord of hosts. Yea, thus
saith the still small voice, which whispereth through and pier-
ceth all things, and often times it maketh my bones to quake,
while it maketh manifest, saying: and it shall come to pass
that I, the Lord God, will send one might and strong, holding
the sceptre of power in his hand, clothed with light for a cover-
ing, whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words; while his
bowels shall be a fountain of truth, to set in order the house of
God; and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the Saints,
whose names are found, and the names of their fathers, and of
their children, enrolled in the book of the law of God: while
that man, who was called of God and appointed, that putteth
forth his hand to steady the ark of Qod, shall fall by the shaft
of death, like as a tree that is smitten by the vivid shaft of
lightning; and all they who are not found written in the book

of remembrance, shall find none inheritance in that day, but
they shall be cut asunder, and their portion shall be appointed
them among unbelievers, where are wailing and gnashing of
teeth. These things I say not of myself; therefore, as the Lord
speaketh, He will also fulfill. And they who are of the High
Priesthood, whose names are not found written in the book
of the law, or that are found to have apostatized, or to have
been cut off from the Church; as well as the Lesser Priesthood,
or the members, in that day, shall not find an inheritance
among the Saints of the Most High; therefore it shall be done
unto them as unto the children of the Priest, as will be found
recorded in the second chapter and 61st and 62nd verses of
Ezra.

THE FULFILLMENT OF THE 85th SECTION OF THE
DOC. & COV. TO BE IN THE LAST DAYS.

Now Brother William, if what I have said is true, how
careful men ought to be what they do in the last days (ninety
years have elapsed since this letter was written by Joseph
Smith the Prophet, and this strange act spoken of in this reve-
lation of one falling by the shaft of death has, as yet, not hap-
pened and we are not yet returned to the center stake of Zion.
This strange act was to happen just prior to the return, so
the "last days" referred to when this strange act was to happen,
is still in the future) lest they are cut short of their inheri-
tances or expectations, and they that think they stand should
fall, Doc. & Cov. 124:48. (Not only the possibility of a pres-
ident falling but all they who should be cut off) because they
keep not the Lord's commandments, whilst you, who do the
will of the lord, and keep His commandments, have need to
rejoice with unspeakable joy, for such shall be exalted very
high, and shall be lifted up in triumph above all the Kingdoms
of the world; but I must stop this subject at the beginning
(of it). O Lord, when will the time come when Brother William,
thy servant, and myself, shall behold the day that we may stand
together and gaze upon eternal wisdom engraved upon the
heavens, while the majesty of our God holdeth up the dark
curtain until we may read the round of eternity, to the fullness
and satisfaction of our immortal souls? O Lord, God deliver
us in due time from the little narrow prison, almost, as it were,
total darkness of paper, pen and ink and a crooked, broken,
scattered and imperfect language. I have obtained ten sub-

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scribers for the Star. Love for all the brethren, yours in
bonds, Amen.

JOSEPH SMITH, JR."
History of Church, Vol. 1, Page 227-9.
THE LAW AND NOT THE BISHOP GIVEN TO ORGANIZE

AND REGULATE THE AFFAIRS OF THE CHURCH.

Remember and bear in mind that Joseph the Prophet
speaks of the law and not the Bishop as being given to organ-
ize and regulate the Church and all the affairs of the same, and
refers to the last days when men might be cut off, by the
"Mighty and Strone One" that is to come, holding the sceptre
of power in his hands; he is the one who is to attend to the
cutting off in the last days, and to occupy the place of the
one who is to fall by the shaft of death, etc. According to the
law, the Bishop who divides inheritances must be called and
set apart for his mission to act under the supervision of a
President, which President must hold the sceptre of power in
his hands in order that it be done as in ancient days, (Doc. &
Cov. 85:12; 58:14-18; Num. 27:13-23; 34;13, 16-29; Joshua
1 1 :23.) or else the mission and calling of a President would
be inferior to that of a Bishop. Now because of this revela-
tion being enclosed in this letter to W. W. Phelps attempts
are made to limit its purport and meaning to the mission and
calling of Bishop Edward Partridge, but Joseph Smith, the
Prophet refers to the last days.

WHEN AND WHERE "MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE" TO

BE RAISED UP.

And again, by taking into consideration that the people
or Saints, were to be driven out of the land of Jackson
County, Missouri, and be chastened and persecuted, and
pass through much tribulation, until they learn obedience
to the law of the Celestial Kingdom, (Doc. & Cov.
105:1-7,) if it must needs be by the things which they suf-
fer, and were to come to the mountains in fulfillment of pro-
phecy, Isaiah 2:1-3; II Nephi 12:1-3; Isaiah 40; 9; Mica 4:1-3.

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And that the Church was to come to the mountains and, after
that, the "Mighty and Strong" man was to be raised up to
redeem Zion; while a President was to fall, etc. This man like
unto Moses (a President) Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18; 107:8, 18,
33, 64-67, 68, 90-93, 90:12-16; is to be raised up unto Zion
before she returns to her inheritance in Mount Zion, the New
Jerusalem, Doc. & Cov. 49:24, 25; 103:15-18; Isaiah 51:11;
Psalms 107:1-7; Mica 4:1-13.

THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF BISHOP EDWARD PARTRIDGE

OR ANY BISHOP BEING THE ONE "MIGHTY AND

STRONG" OR THE ONE WHO IS TO FALL AS

SPOKEN OF IN THE 85th SECTION OF

DOCTRINE & COVENANTS.

Now as the Church is still in the tops of the
mountains and Bishop Edward Partridge is long since de-
ceased, and died a natural death; and the dividing by lot the
inheritances in the land of the New Jerusalem, is yet a future
happening, therefore it is not Bishop Partridge's mission, to
officiate in this work at all, either to put forth his hand to
steady the ark and fall, or be forgiven for his attempt to steady
the ark, or to divide inheritances in the New Jerusalem, after
Zion is returned to Independence, Jackson County, Missouri,
for that is certainly in the future. But it is the mission and
calling of a President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints to fall, etc., yet in the future; and also the mission
and calling of the one like unto Moses, (a President) holding
the sceptre of power in his hand, etc., as the 85th section of the
Doctrine and Covenants says. This mighty servant of the Lord,
is to be raised up to take the place of the President who falls.
This "Mighty and Strong" one, is to redeem Zion, lead her back
to Mount Zion, and there establish her in her inheritance,
through a modern Joshua, a Presiding Bishop yet to
be chosen, an agent, Joshua 1:1; Num. 11:28; Doc. & Cov.
51:1, 2; in order to be as in ancient days; Doc. & Cov. 58:17.

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Now if they who are maintaining that the whole meaning and
application of the 85th section of the Doctrine and Covenants
is closed and fulfilled, and is to be taken as obsolete, or the
possibility that any bishop, or that Bishop Partridge was the
man referred to in the 85th Section of the Doctrine and Cove-
nants, who was to fall or be the "One Mighty and Strong,"
would just think for one moment, and compare the mission
Bishop Edward Partridge did and what a Bishop's mission is,
with what the scriptures say is to be done, pertaining to Zion's
redemption, they would see the impossibility of a Bishop being
the one "Mighty and Strong," or the one that is to put forth his
hand to steady the ark, and fall, for in the days of Edward
Partridge, and during his ministry as a Presiding Bishop to
divide inheritance, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints was driven from the promised land of inheritance, the
only place appointed or that will be appointed, for the gather-
ing of the saints or all people wo will keep all of the celestial
law of God. For that class only will be privileged to return
back to the land of Zion and assist the Lamanites in
building that great city and temple, before the second coming
of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Doc. & Cov. 105:1-6, 34;
III Nephi 21:22-27; Doc. & Cov. 78:4-8; 49:22-26; 101:20; 103:
11-8. The return of the saints to the land of the New Jeru-
salem, and the building up of the same is certainly in the
future, and the establishing of the worthy saints in their in-
heritances, in that promised land, is also in the future, so it
cannot be Edward Partridge's mission to even establish the
Saints in their inheritances after Zion's redemption which
is also future, let alone redeem Zion, unless he be raised up
(resurrected) to attend to the arrainging by lot the inheri-
tances, as the "Mighty and Strong" (Moses) President will
direct, Doc. & Cov. 58:17. The absurdity of Bishop Edward
Partridge being the one "Mighty and Strong," to redeem Zion
or the one that might fall, by putting forth his hand to
steady the ark of God, to fulfill the 8th verse of the 85th
section of the Doctrine and Covenants is as apparent as the
fact that Zion is not yet redeemed, and returned to Indepen-
dence, Jackson County, Missouri, for a President is to fall at,

or just prior to the time the Lord sends the "Mighty and
Strong" Moses (President) who is to take the fallen President's
place. At the time of the redemption of Zion in the future by
this "Mighty and Strong" man, like unto Moses, some are to
be cut off, and find none inheritance. Joseph referred to the
cutting off in the last days, in his letter to W. W. Phelps,
because they will not be willing to abide the law of the Celestial
Kingdom, etc., Doc. & Cov. 103:85:9; 51:1-20; 105:1-6. It is
proof positive, according to the foregoing scripture that Bishop
Edward Partridge was not the man referred to as "Mighty
and Strong," in the seventh verse of the 85th section of the
Doctrine and Covenants, nor the one who was to fall, if the
words God caused to be written concerning Zion's redemption
and return to her inheritance in Independence, Jackson County,
Missouri are to be considered and respected at all. The divid-
ing by lot the inheritances of the Saints in that promised land
could not be accomplished until after the Saints were expelled
from there, which expelling was done in the days of Bishop
Edward Partridge, and they cannot return until after being
redeemed by this modern Moses (a President) (Doc. & Cov.
107:91-93) in the mountains, Micah 4:1-8; Isaiah 51:11; Doc.
& Cov. 49:24, 25; 103:11-18, which is future. Then after the
setting of the House of God in order, agreeable to the laws of
the Celestial Kingdom, Doc. & Cov. 105:1-6, 34, Zion is to re-
turn to the promised land from whence she was driven, and the
arranging by lot the inheritances of the Saints, who will abide
the United Order of the Celestial Kingdom of God on the
earth, is then to take place, and also the cutting off of all from
inheritance who will not abide the requirements of the Celestial
law, Doc. & Cov. 51:2; 105:1-6; 1:14. These are future events
to transpire in this Church (Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18; 105:34)
before the Saints will be established in the New Jerusalem in
the last days just before Chirst's second coming. Joseph the
Prophet specifically referred to the last days in his letter to
Brother W. W. Phelps.

POWER AND AUTHORITY OF THE
MELCHISEDEK PRIESTHOOD.

Bishop Edward Partridge was only an agent under the
supervision of President Joseph Smith, Jr., and the twelve
Apostles, Doc. & Cov. 90:12-16; 51:8, 12; 107:64, 91, 92, 33;
82:11, 12, and why was he, Edward Partridge, only an agent?
Because the Melchisedek Priesthood is the greatest of all
and holdeth all the keys always pertaining to the Church, Doc.
& Cov. 81:2; 84:19-27; 107:64, 65; and a Bishop's mission and
calling is not equal unto the Presidents,' therefore it is supple-
mentary to the Presidents' powers, therefore a Bishop cannot
hold the sceptre of power, (Doc. & Cov. 107:64-68; 90:16; 107:
'33) in his hand to set in order the house of God, for that is a
President's duty. We see a Bishop's mission and calling is
not equal to that of a President, but he is to administer tem-
poral affairs only and be an agent under the jurisdiction
of the Presidency, Doc. & Cov. 57:7. As Joshua was to Moses,
Joshua 1:1; Num, 11:28; Doc. & Cov. 58:17. A President is
like unto Moses, a Prophet, Seer and Revelator, having all the
gifts of God which he bestows on the head of the Church and
as the sceptre of power is a gift of God, he must hold it in
his hand, Doc. & Cov.. 107:91-93.

WITH WHOM GOD SPEAKS FACE TO FACE

Here we find out Moses was a President of the High
Priesthood and the most prominent man of ancient Israel, and
the one with whom God spoke face to face. Then the one
God is going to raise up like unto him must be a President
also and with him God will speak face to face. Zion then, is
to be redeemed by a President and not a Bishop. One of the
duties of a President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints is to set in order all of the affairs of this Church and
Kingdom and this is what the one is to do, that the seventh
verse of the 85th section of the Doctrine and Covenants speaks

of; so he will have to be a President also, Doc. & Cov. 50:26,
27; 90:16; 81:2; 107:33, and be like unto Moses of old. Doc.
& Cov. 107:91-93.

FROM WHENCE AND TO WHOM
THE SCEPTRE OF POWER

The Lord says in a revelation to Joseph Smith Jun., "unto
whom I have given the keys of the Kingdom, which belongs
always unto the Presidency of the High Priesthood" Doc. &
Cov. 81:1, 2. The Prophet Joseph Smith, Jun. said that John
the Baptist wrested the keys, the Kingdom, the power, and the
glory from the Jews by the holy annointing and decree of heav-
en. Historical Record, Vol. 7, Chap. 17; Doc. & Cov. 84:28,
and the sceptre, (keys of the kingdom and law giver rights)
passed into the hands of Jesus Christ, Mat. 28:18; Num. 24:17;
Luke 3:31-33, Rev. 3:7; Isaiah 22:20-23, Jesus said unto them
(the Jews), did you never read in the scriptures, the stone
which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the
corner: this is the Lord's doing and it is marvelous in our
eyes, therefore say I unto you, the Kingdom of God shall be
taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth the fruit
thereof, Matt. 21:42, 43. The sceptre shall not depart from
Judah nor a law giver from between his feet, until Shiloh
come and unto him (Jesus Christ) shall the gathering of the
people be, Gen. 49:10. The above quotation shows conclu-
sively that the keys of the Kingdom is the sceptre and law
giver right that passed out of the hands of the Jews into the
hands of Jesus Christ, who was to be God's mouth piece, hold
the sceptre of power and be the head law giver and the
President of His Church and Kingdom on earth, and that the
keys of the kingdom (or sceptre) belongeth always unto the
Presidency of the High Priesthood (Doc. & Cov. 81:2, 107:18,
91-93.) Therefore the one who is to come holding the sceptre
of power in His hands to set in order the house of God and to
arrange by lot the inheritances of the Saints, etc., must be a
President of the High Priesthood to conform to the Scrip-

tures which speak the mind and will of God to His children
upon this earth. Then the setting in order of the House of
God as spoken of in the seventh verse of the 85th section of
the Doctrine and Covenants is a work consistent for this
future Moses, (President) to do as spoken of in the 103rd
section of the Doctrine and Covenants, and not a work to be
attended to by a Bishop of the Levitical order of the Priest-
hood, or of a Bishop who is appointed, holding the High
Priesthood, to said office. A Bishop's mission is to be as *'n
ancient days, Doc. & Cov. 58:17; 84:29.

HOW ANCIENT ISRAEL RECEIVED
THEIR INHERITANCES.

Moses, a President, anciently divided by lot the inheri-
tances of all the House of Israel, (Num. 34:13; Joshua 11 to
21 chapters.) Joshua the chosen presiding Judge, or head,
a President of the Levitical order of the Priesthood, and by
virtue of his office a Presiding Bishop, (Doc. & Cov. 107:15,
88; 84: 29,) as Moses' minister, (Joshua 1:1; Num. 11:28;
Deut. 31:7,) established the different tribes and families of
Israel in their inheritances by lot, according as the Lord had
commanded by the hand of Moses (a President) Num. 34:13-29;
Joshua 11:23. Joshua as an acting agent under the directon
and ordination the Lord bestowed upon him by the hand of
Moses, (Num. 27:18-23,) became the head of the Levitical
order of the Priesthood (of necessity a President or Presiding
Bishop of the Levitical or Aaronic Priesthood) Doc. & Cov.
107:15, 88 performed miracles in dividing the waters of the
Jordan and caused the walls of the city of Jerico to fall by
having the Priests of Levi go before, the children of Israel
carrying the ark of the covenant, and to do other things in
compliance with the will of God. Joshua 1:6; Num. 27:18-27,
and he also established the Israelites in their inheritances as
the Lord had directed by the hand of Moses, Deut. 34:9. This
is how the House of Israel was dealt with anciently in being
redeemed, and established in the promised land.

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THE REDEMPTION OF MODERN ISRAEL AND HER

ESTABLISHMENT IN THE LAND OF PROMISE

IS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE WAY

AND MANNER THAT ANCIENT ISRAEL

RECEIVED HER REDEMPTION AND

INHERITANCE IN HER LAND

OF PROMISE.

Now, the Lord says, concerning the House of Israel and
His Church in the last dispensation of the fullness of times,
"Therefore I will raise up unto my people a man who shall lead
them like as Moses (mighty and none like him Deut. 34:9-12,
greatest of all Num. 12:3) led the children of Israel, for ye
are of the children of Israel and the seed of Abraham, and ye
must needs be led out of bondage by power and with a
stretched out arm, Exo. 6:6, and as your fathers were led at
the first, even so shall the redemption of Zion be, Doc. & Cov.
103:16-18.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH MUST
HOLD THE SCEPTRE OF POWER.

The Presiding Bishop is to divide inheritances as in
ancient days, Doc. & Cov. 58:17, then he will be the minister,
(Jos. 1:1; Doc. & Cov. 51: 8, 12,) or agent, under the super-
vision of this "Mighty and Strong" modern Moses, greatest
of all, Deut. 31:9-12) who will hold the sceptre of power in
his hands, to be as the ancient Moses, (Exo. 4:17,) and to be
in possession of all the keys and rights that pertain and belong
to the President or head of the Church (Doc. & Cov. 107:91,
92; 81:2,) then he will hold the sceptre of power as did Moses
of old and be like unto him. This man that the Lord said He
was going to raise up like unto Moses, will be a President and do
just the kind of work and mission as is set forth and described
in the 85th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants, and have
all gifts and powers which God bestows upon the head of the

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Church (Deut. 34:9-12, Doc. & Cov. 107:91, 92; 90:16;) and
he must hold the sceptre of power, for that is one gift that
a man must have bestowed upon him in order to officiate as
God's head servant; for a President is God's legal representa-
tive upon this earth. Jos. 1:2; Doc. & Cov. 81:2. A President
of the Church is the only one entitled to hold the sceptre of
power in his hand so long as the Melchisedek Priesthood is on
this earth. Judah held the sceptre and law giver right to pre-
side over God's work on the earth after the Melchisedek
Priesthood was taken away, but of necessity her powers were
curtailed and limited, as in the case of Joshua, who was the
President of the Levitical Order, after Moses' death as this
article will explain. A Bishop is not equal unto it (Doc. &
Cov. 107:68) because he is an appendage, a supplement, a
minister and is subject unto the Presidency and twelve and is
an agent under their supervision, and a Bishop cannot super-
ceed the authority placed over him (Doc. & Cov. 82:11, 12),
therefore a Bishop cannot hold the sceptre of power in his hand
to set in order the House of God, when the Melchisedek Priest-
hood is on this earth, for that mission is a duty and calling to
be attended to by a President of the High Priesthood, whose
right it is to always hold the keys of the Kingdom, the sceptre
of power in his hand, and if he is lacking in the manifestation
of these rights and glorious privileges, sin lieth at his door,
which is very evident will be the case when a President falls
by the shaft of death, (Doc. & Cov. 85:8), When the Lord sends
this mighty and strong one (a President) like unto Moses to
take his, the fallen President's place and not a fallen Bishop's
place.

THE POWER, AUTHORITY AND MISSION
OF A BISHOP.

A Bishop can only officiate in his office as an agent under
the direction of the Presidency of the Church, when the Mel-
chisedek Priesthood is on the earth, (Doc. 51:8; Joshua 1:1,)
having some of the President's power put upon him (Num.

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27:20; Doc. & Cov. 29:36.) Bishop Edward Partridge received
directions how to divide inheritances through Joseph Smith,
Jun., Doc. & Cov. 58:17, 51:1-4; 57:15, the same as Joshua
received his mission and instructions to divide inheritances
through Moses, Deut. 34:9; 31:1-7. Moses of old and Joseph
Smith, the Prophet held the sceptre of power each in their
time, and Joshua and Edward Partridge respectively were min-
isters or agents under the supervision of these great men.
Some of the discrepant features in similarity of comparison
between Moses and Joshua anciently and Joseph Smith, the
Prophet and Edward Partridge of our day and time are these:
Modern Israel is not yet redeemed and established in her in-
heritance in the promised land, Independence, Jackson County,
Missouri and the surrounding country, as was ancient Israel
established in their inheritance in their time and day, through
Moses and Joshua. And another, we are assured that there
will alweys be a President clothed with the Melchisedek
Priesthod until Christ comes in His glory; (Dan. 2:44.) Sub-
ject to changes of course and natural causes or as the Al-
mighty may see fit to regulate from one President to his suc-
cessor. Ancient Israel was not so fortunate for their presi-
dent and Melchisedek Priesthood was taken from them, (Doc.
& Cov. 84:25, 26) and they were only to have the Aaronic or
Levitical order of the Priesthood until Christ came.
And when Christ came, he conferred the High Priest-
hood upon Peter, James and John and the Apostles. Matt.
16:17, 19; Luke 5:10. This great man, the Prophet Joseph
Smith, Jun., who held the sceptre of power in his hand, and
his ministering agent, Edward Partridge, the Presiding Bishop,
have passed to the great beyond and Zion is not yet redeemed
and returned to her promised heritage. Of necessity, when
Zion is redeemed to be like as in ancient times (Doc. & Cov.
103:18), there must be a Moses President raised up who will
hold the sceptre of power in his hands to redeem Zion and
establish her in the promised land, in Zion, the New Jerusalem,
Jackson County, Missouri. Doc. & Cov. 103:84: III Nephi 21:.

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THE DIVIDING BY LOT INHERITANCES TO BE

SUPERINTENDED BY THE PRESIDENT

OF THE CHURCH.

The dividing by lot the inheritances in that promised land
must be through the instrumentality of a Presiding Bishop,
a ministering servant or agent, unto this "Mighty and Strong"
modern Moses, President. Joshua received his commission
through Moses, the ancient President of God's people on earth,
likewise must this future Joshua (the Presiding Bishop),
receive his commission through this future President that is to
be raised up like unto Moses. The Presiding Bishop will be
ordained and set apart to attend to the temporal affairs of
the Church and Kingdom of God on this earth, as the laws of
God direct. The application of the 85th section of the Doc.
& Cov. is absolutely in a future time, when Zion is to be re-
deemed in the mountains, and then afterwards returned to the
promised land to receive her inheritance, Doc. & Cov. 57:1, 2,
Isaiah 8:20; II Nephi 18:20.

THE WORD SCEPTRE ANALYZED.

In history the word sceptre is used as ensign of royal
authority of kings, nobles, magistrates and crowned heads of
the earth. The king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that
was in his hands, (Ester 5:2.) Webtser defines sceptre thus:
A staff to lean upon, a staff or baton borne by kings on solemn
occasions, as a badge of authority; a royal mace. Hence royal
power or authority as, to assume the sceptre. To invest with
royal authority or with the ensign of authority. Mace, a staff
borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his
authority; a sceptre. Swayed the royal mace: Wadsworth. In
holy scripture the word sceptre is used as the ensign of the
keys of power and authority which God bestows upon his chosen
representative, vicegerent or mouthpiece to his children upon
this earth. As in the case of Moses, (Exo. 4:17-21.) and with
Judah (Gen. 49:10) and when the Kingdom was taken from

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Judah the sceptre passed into the hands of Jesus Christ, the
great King of this earth. (Gen. 49:10.) The word sceptre is
used to indicate the raising out of Israel a mighty leader, to
cause Israel to do valiantly, (Num. 24:17) and is used in con-
nection with the word Star (meaning Jesus Christ) Rev. 22:16)
that was to rise out of Jacob. In all the usage and application
of the word sceptre by the Lord and by the learned of this
earth it is only used to designate the power and authority of
those who are of the highest, first and foremost ranks or sta-
tions in this life, such as with presidents, leaders, kings, law-
givers, nobles and magistrates in the Governments of God and
of men.

ONE SPECIAL PURPOSE OF THE 85th SECTION
OF THE DOCTRINE & COVENANTS.

It is very evident that the purpose of the revelation as con-
tained in the 85th section of the Doctrine and Covenants was
and is intended to enlighten the minds of the children of men,
as to how the Lord will return and establish his saints in
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, after they have been
driven, scattered and chastened for a little season, as also is
explained in the 103rd section of the Doctrine and Covenants,
Doc. & Cov. Sec. 100:13; 101:41, 75; 105:9; 103:1-18; 104:1-9;
101:1-21. The seventh paragraph of this said revelation, Doc.
& Cov. 85: reads thus: "And it shall come to pass that I, the
Lord God, will send one mighty and strong, holding the sceptre
of power in his hands, clothed with light for a covering, whose
mouth shall utter words, eternal words; while his bowels shall
be a fountain of truth, to set in order the house of God (Paul
says the Church is in his house, Col. 4:15, Romans 16:5; 1
Cor. 16:19;) he also says: The house of God is the Church
of the living God, I Tim. 3:15. The "order" is United Order
by consecration and patriarchal or plural marriage, etc., in
connection with all other commandments and laws ever given
to man upon which depends eternal salvation. Doc. & Cov.
85:3; 84:14-22; 105:1-34; 119: Isaiah 4: II Nephi 14:) and to

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arrange by lot the inheritances of the Saints whose names are
found and the names of their fathers and of their children,
enrolled in the book of the law of God.

LAWS TO BE LIVED BY ALL WHO ARE TO GET AN

INHERITANCE IN THE LAND OF THE

NEW JERUSALEM.

Here it is plainly to be seen that all of the names that
are found written in the book of the law of God are to get
an inheritance by lot in the promised land; therefore, they
must be the ones that are willing to abide the laws, consecra-
tion, United Order and Patriarchal marriage, etc., which are
laws of the Celestial Kingdom, as has been shown. For they
who are of the high Priesthood (in the Church) whose names
are not found written in the book of the law, or that are found
to have apostatized, or to have been cut off from the church;
as well as the lesser Priesthood, or the members, in that day,
shall not find an inheritance among the Saints of the most
High. Doc. & Cov. 85:11. Now this enrollment spoken of
cannot be effected until the people are given a chance to see
whether or not they will abide the law of the Celestial King-
dom. Doc. & Cov. 101 :93-95; 85:3, which is not being privileged
today in an open and honorable manner, etc., Doc. & Cov.
105:1-6, 34; 119: 52:2; 132:30-36; II Nephi 14: Isaiah 4:. The
law of the Celestial Kingdom will not be established so the
people can have a chance to abide in, or reject the same, or in
other words, to receive an inheritance, or to be cut off from
an inheritance with the Saints in the land of Zion (the only
place appointed, or that will be appointed) Doc. & Cov.
101:20 until the one "Mighty and Strong," holding the sceptre
of power in his hand is raised up from among the people of
Zion, in the mountains and redeems Zion, Doc. & Cov. 105:34,

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A WORK FOR THE ONE "MIGHTY AND STRONG"

TO DO.

This "Mighty and Strong" servant is to set the house of
God in order, which order is United Order by consecration.
(Doc. & Cov. 105:1-6,) and plurality of wives, etc. as has been
shown, Isaiah 4:. No one to to get an inheritance in Zion, in
Jackson County, Missouri, in any other way. Doc. & Cov. 105:
1-7, 34; II Nephi 14:. For this is the only way the Church will
ever be redeemed and accepted of the Lord, in this promised
land, the New Jerusalem. Thus we see the setting of the house
of God in order is a work which must be attended to by a Presi-
dent, (Doc. & Cov. 90:16; 107:33; 82:1; 50:26, 27,) in order
to find out who will be worthy to receive an inheritance in the
land of the New Jerusalem, for the Lord says, "for verily I
say unto you, my law shall be kept on this land." This revela-
tion was given in Zion, Jackson County, Missouri, August 1st,
1831, Doc. & Cov. 58:19. And God's law is Celestial law. Doc.
& Cov. 105:1-6; 70:14; 42:30, 39; 49:20, including United Order
by consecration and plurality of wives, Isaiah 4: II Nephi 14:
Doc. & Cov. 132: The making of the law of plurality of wives
an open and honorable law of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints is one thing to be attended to and set in
order as well as the re-establishing of the United Order by
consecration.

THE CLASS OF MEN AND WOMEN THAT THE LORD

PURPOSES SHALL LIVE THIS PATRIARCHAL

LAW OF MARRIAGE.

According to Isaiah, 4th Chapter, purified women and holy
men and not impure women and sinful men will practice these
laws. There is a manifesto or coward's screen, cowards because
of iniquity, for the righteous are as bold as lions and are the
Daniels of the Lord and are not afraid to serve him and keep
his commandments, and are not afraid to trust him to fight
their battles as he promised to do in President John Taylor's

revelation in 1882, and in President Wilford Woodruff's revela-
tion of 1889. These promises were made provided the Church
would keep his laws, one of which was polygamy, but the church
did not obey the Lord and trust him to fight their battles
respecting polygamy for they issued a manifesto as an estoppel
of the open and honorable practice of polygamy. The Lord
tells Isaiah why this manifesto should be issued, "yea, for thus
saith the Lord: have I put thee away, or have I cast thee off
for ever? For thus saith the Lord: Where is the bill of your
mother's divorcement? To whom have I put thee away, or to
which of my creditors have I sold you? Yea, to whom have
I sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have he sold your-
selves and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
Isaiah 50:1; II Nephi 7:1. Isaiah says, "God's law will be made
honorable. (Isaiah 42:18-25.) And as pertaining to this law
read the revelation given to the Prophet Joseph Smith, Doc.
& Cov. 132:31-34, 37, 65, 66.

SOME MORE WORK FOR THE "MIGHTY AND STRONG'

PRESIDENT TO DO.

Isaiah further says, "behold the Lord hath a mighty and
strong one" (Doc. & Cov. 85:7) "which as a tempest of hail,
and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters over-
flowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. Judg-
ment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plum-
met: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies and the
waters shall over flow the hiding place, and your covenant with
death shall be disannulled and your agreement with hell shall
not stand; when the over flowing scourge shall pass through,
then ye shall be trodden down by it. For the bed is shorter than
that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering nar-
rower than that he can wrap himself in it. For the Lord shall
rise up as in Mt. Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley
of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and
bring to pass his act, his strange act. Isaiah 28:2, 17, 18, 20,
21. And the hail, (the mighty and strong one) shall sweep
away the refuge of lies (manifesto) and your covenant with
death shall be disannulled and your agreement with hell

(Manifesto, etc.) shall not stand; At the time God raises
up this "Mighty and Strong" servant, the manifesto will be
revoked.

THE MIGHTY AND STRONG PRESIDENT THROUGH
WHOM GOD IS GOING TO PERFORM HIS STRANGE
ACT IS REFERRED TO BY VARIOUS PROPHETS
UNDER SEVERAL NAMES AND IN VARIOUS WAYS.

This strange act, the fulfillment of the 85th section of the
Doc. & Cov. will be done, when the Lord in His wrath rises
up and performs His strange act as Isaiah tells us, Isaiah 28:21.
This marvelous strange work is to happen in our time and up
to the present date, June, 1922, it has not yet taken place,
therefore it must be a future happening, Doc. & Cov. 95:1-5;
101 :85-95. The work that is marked out and prescribed for the
"Mighty and Strong One," who is to hold the sceptre of power
in his hands is just the kind of work this future Moses of
indian lineage is to do. II Nephi 3:11, 24; for the lamanities
are to be the principle builders of the New Jerusalem. Ill Nephi
21:22, 23; 16:16; 15:13; Doc. & Cov. 52:2. This Indian Proph-
et is to be raised up and he will be a leader, a head man, a
President, for he certainly has that class of work to do. Doc.
& Cov. 107:91-93. This mighty servant with exceeding faith
who is to work mighty wonders and to do that thing which is
great in the sight of God and bring to pass much restoration
unto the House of Israel and unto the seed of his brethren
(the lamanites) II Nephi 3:11, 24; he is to establish the saints
or Church in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. Doc.
& Cov. 103:11-18. After he redeems them from bondage in
the mountains by setting the Church in order according to the
law of the Celestial Kingdom. This is the same kind of a
redemption as spoken of in the 85th section of the Doctrine
and Covenants; so the Indian Prophet, the man like unto
Moses and the mighty and strong one, must be one and the self
same individual, and the one who is to hold the sceptre of
power in his hands.

THE SCEPTRE OF POWER TO PASS FROM THE HANDS

OF JESUS CHRIST INTO THE HANDS OF THE ONE

MIGHTY AND STRONG.

The keys of the Kingdom (or sceptre of power) Doc. &
Cov. 81:2 is a sceptre that passed from Judah into the hands
of Jesus Christ, Gen. 49:10, which sceptre Jesus Christ con-
ferred on Peter, James and John, Matt. 16:17, 19; which scep-
tre Peter, James and John conferred upon Joseph Smith,
Doc. & Cov. 27:12; 132:45; 81:2; which sceptre was to remain
with Joseph Smith and the successors of Joseph Smith until
Jesus Christ's second coming, Doc. & Cov. 112:15; 28:7; 35:18;
90:2-8; which sceptre will pass from the Latter-day Saints
church President's hands, who is to fall by the shaft of death,
etc. Doc. & Cov. 85:8, into the "Mighty and Strong" one's
hands, Doc. & Cov. 85:7, who is to be the President of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the last days
and to set the same in order and to do the mighty works in
behalf of Israel and the redemption of the Lord's chosen people,
etc. This mighty and strong one spoken of in the 85th Section
of the Doctrine and Covenants must be this future man like
unto Moses, as is spoken of in the 103rd Section of the Doc-
trine & Covenants for they both have the same kind of work
to do and at the same time and place, and they certainly have
a President's duties to perform, Doc. & Cov. 90:16; 81:2;
68:14-21. These revelations must have reference to one event
and to one man, or else there are to be two redemptions of
Zion yet in the future to the same promised land by two Presi-
dents and at the same time, which would be unreasonable.
The setting of the House of God in order, (which includes
the Church; 1 Tim. 3:15; Col. 4:15,) and the arranging by lot
the inheritances of the Saints, are two separate and distinct
works as has been shown. The setting of the house of God,
(or Church), in order is a work that can only be done by the
Presidency of the same, Doc. & Cov. 90:16; 107:8, 9, 17, 18,
19, 33, 68, 91, 92; 124:125, 126; 81:2; 50:26, 27. The dividing
by lot the inheritances of the saints in the center stake of Zion
and the surrounding country can only be done after Zion's

redemption by this "Mighty and Strong" Moses of Indian line-
age, a President; for we find recorded in Holy writ these
specific instructions, "let those commandments which I have
given concerning Zion and her laws be fulfilled and executed
after her redemption." Doc. & Cov. 105:34.

THE REDEMPTION OF ZION IN THE MOUNTAINS.
Zion's redemption must take place in the mountains be-
fore her return to the land of Zion to receive her in-
heritance. Isaiah 35:10; 51:11; Micah 4:10; II Nephi 8:11; Doc.
& Cov. 58:44; 49: 24; 25; 105:34; 103:17, 18. This modern
Moses must redeem modern Israel out of present day bondage
by mighty power and with a stretched out arm like as the re-
demption of Israel out of the land of Egypt. Then if this
modern Moses be like the Moses of old, he will hold the
sceptre of power in his hand Exo. 4:4, 21; Doc. & Cov.
103:11-18.

A BISHOP AS AN AGENT OF THE PRESIDENT

TO DIVIDE INHERITANCE.

The Bishop or agent, who is to divide inheritances in the
promised land, is to be like unto Joshua of old, (Joshua
1:1; Doc. & Cov. 58:17,) he is to be under the jurisdiction of
this Moses President, or ruler. (Acts 7:35) and attend to his
part of arranging by lot, after he has been appointed by the
voice of the Church to this capacity or mission, Doc. & Cov.
51:12. "And whoso standeth in his mission is appointed to
be a judge in Israel, like as it was in ancient days, to divide
the land of the heritage of God unto his children." Doc. &
Coc. 58:17; Deut. 34:9. Now the important thing is to find
out how this was done anciently, "And the Lord spake unto
Moses, (the President) saying: these are the names of the
men which shall divide the land unto you; Eleazer, Aaron's
son, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and you shall take one prince
of every tribute, to divide the land by inheritance," Num.
34:16-29. And Moses commanded the Children of Israel,
saying, this is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which
the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes and to the
half tribe, Num. 34:13; Joshua 14: Deut. 34:9, Exo. 18:12-27;

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Num. 11:16, 17; 27:18-23; Joshua, Chapters 11 to 22; Joshua
19:49, 51. If modern Israel is to be served as ancient Israel
was, and have the Melchisedek Priesthood and the President
thereof taken out of their midst, Doc. & Cov. 84:25, 26, we
might then look for, and expect a President of the next Priest-
hood, the Aaronic or Levitical order of Priesthood, who would
naturally be a bishop and a presiding bishop, to officiate for he
would be the head of the greatest authority then upon this
earth, Doc. & Cov. 107:15, 88. A presiding bishop to attend to
this work as spoken of pertaining to the dividing of inheri-
tances in the promised land, in order to be as in ancient days,
(Doc. & Cov. 58:17), and as described in the 85th section of the
Doctrine & Covenants would of necessity be subject to the
President of the Church so long as the Melchisedek Priesthood
should remain upon this earth, Joshua 11:15, 23. Now as we
are assured that the Melchisedek Priesthood is to always re-
main with the Church, (Dan. 2:44; Doc. & Cov. 27:13; 132:45),
therefore the President of the Church, who is also the Presi-
dent of the High Priesthood, as Moses was anciently, in order
to conform to the scriptures, (Doc. 58:17) would of necessity
have to superintend this work of dividing inheritance to the
Saints, which would be done through a modern Joshua as his
agent, (a Presiding Bishop) Doc. & Cov. 107:33; 90:16. As the
Lord commanded Moses, his servant, so did Moses command
Joshua, his servant, Josh. 1:1; 14:7, 11. "And so did Joshua;
he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses,"
Josh. 11:15. "So Joshua took the whole land according to all
that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an in-
heritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their
tribes and the land rested from war," (Josh. 11:23), "And
Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord: and there
Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according
to their divisons." (Jos. 18:10). "When they had made an end
of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the child-
ren of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua, the son of Nun,
among them," (Josh. 19:49.) At this time Moses and the Mel-
chisedek Priesthood was not among the children of Israel,
Deut. 34:5, Doc. & Cov. 84:25. Joshua, the principle man

and President over the Levitical order of Priesthood, the only
priesthood on earth at that time, (Doc. & Cov. 84:26, Josh.
1:1-18.) by virtue of his position, a Presiding Bishop, (Doc. &
Cov. 107:15, 88,) after dividing by lot inheritances to all Israel,
as Moses' minister, received his inheritance at the hands of
all Israel, thereby showing conclusively he was the presiding
authority, a Presiding Bishop and the highest authority among
them at that time. This shows conclusively how Israel was
established in her inheritance anciently, and the eccleastical
position, rank and station of Joshua. He was the President
of the Levitical order of Priesthood and of necessity a
Presiding Bishop, and the chief representative of God upon the
earth, (Doc. & Cov. 107:15, 88.) So he then, had a right to
establish Israel in the promised land. Joshua did not hold the
sceptre of power, Exo. 4:16-18, (or rod of God) in his hand,
but was a minister to Moses, who did, (Josh. 1:1) and did as
Moses directed him, (Josh. 11:15, 23.) After Moses and the holy
priesthood was taken from among ancient Israel, Doc. & Cov.
84:25, 26, Joshua received counsel after the judgment of Urim
through Eleazar, the Priest, (Num. 27:18-23,) but when Moses
presided over Israel anciently he talked face to face with God
and got his instructions direct from the Lord. (Exo. 33:11;
Deut. 34:10; 5:24.) Likewise will this modern Moses, if he
be like unto the Moses of old, talk face to face with his God,
and get his instructions direct from the Lord. A Presiding
Bishop, the President of the lesser priesthood holdeth the
keys of the ministering of angels and instructions by Urum
and cannot be privileged to talk face to face with God, Doc.
& Cov. 84:26. Thus we see the difference between a presi-
dent of the holy Melchisedek Priesthood and a president of
the Levitical order of Priesthood, and whose right it is to
hold the sceptre of power, when both Priesthoods are here
upon this earth, Doc. & Cov. 72:1; 81:2. Now as there is to
be one raised up like unto Moses to redeem Zion and return
the worthy saints to the center stake thereof, (or Zion) then
he must hold the holy Melchisedek Priesthood and be the
President of the same, which of necessity infers, he will be the
President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Doc. & Cov. 35:24, 26; Psalms 14:7. He will have a minister,
a Presiding Bishop, as his agent, Doc. & Cov. 51:8; Josh. 1:1;
Num. 11:28. Whoso standeth in his mission is appointed
to be a judge in Israel, (a presiding bishop) like as it was in
ancient days, to divide the land of the heritage of God unto
his children, Doc. & Cov. 58:17. The scriptures inform us
how the children of Israel got their inheritances anciently.
God told Moses, the head of His Church anciently, who by vir-
tue of his office, would naturally be the President, who held
the sceptre of power in his hand, Exo. 4:17-20, to call and
ordain Joshua and to give him a charge before all Israel, and
the position Joshua occupied at that time is exactly the same
kind, that is in reserve for a future Presiding Bishop when the
inheritances are divided unto the Saints in the promised land.
Joshua done all that Moses told him to do while Moses was
with him and afterwards received his instructions by Urum
through Eleazer, the Priest. According to these scriptures,
the "One Mighty and Strong" holding the sceptre of power in
his hand, etc., to redeem Zion, as spoken in the 85th sec-
tion of the Doctrine and Covenants, could not possibly be a
Bishop, but will have to be a Moses, a President, the greatest
of all and none like him in all Israel, in order to be as in ancient
days. Doc. & Cov. 58:17; 103:11-18; Exo. 4:17-20; Isaiah 8:20.
A Bishop can and will do part of that work which is spoken of
in the 85th section of the Doc. & Cov. He can and must estab-
lish the worthy Saints, after Zion's redemption by the mighty
Moses in the mountains, in their inheritances when the Presi-
dent, who holds the sceptre of power in his hands, ordains and
sets him apart to that mission, and he is upheld and sustained
by the Church. The Saints cannot get any inheritance in the
land of Zion until they are delivered out of bondage,
by this Moses who is to be raised up, who will have to be a
President in order to hold the sceptre of power in his hand
and be like unto Moses of old. Exo. 4:17-21; Deut. 4:7-12.
PROPHECY OF HEBER C. KIMBALL OF THE "ONE

MIGHTY AND STRONG" THAT IS TO COME.
In the year 1867, in the endowments house in Salt Lake
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statement and prophecy: Looking around and at the several
couples v/ho were there to be married, he said, "I want to tell
you something, this Church has been moving along slowly
and will be for a number of years. The President has been
taken from the apostles and will be for a number of years,
then God will raise up a man to be the President of this
Church; he will neither be of the lineage of Joseph nor of
Brigham, nor of the apostles, and will not be taken from the
quorum of the apostles: he is in your midst and you don't know
him." While making this prophecy, Brother Kimball's face
shown with a bright light and he spoke like one having
authority. Attested to by George T. Peay, Sen., Annie Mar-
garet Peay, his wife; Edward Peay and Amanda Peay, his
wife, all of Provo City, Utah.

The scriptures say the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints is established in the last dispensation of the full-
ness of times and is never to be destroyed or given to another
people. Daniel 2:44; Doc. & Cov. 20:1; 22:3; 101:17; 107:1, 2;
84:17, 27:13. Then we are assured that there will always be the
Melchisedek Priesthood in this Church and if such will be the
case the Presiding Bishop will always be subject to and get
his instructions, pertaining to his mission, through the Presi-
dent of this Holy Priesthood. (Doc. & Cov. 82:11, 12; 107:8;
51:1, 2; 41:9, 10; 72:7) and will not be under the necessity of
asking counsel through Urim as Joshua was because Moses
and the Holy Priesthood was taken from the earth, Num. 27:
18-23; Doc. & Cov. 84:25, 26. Thus we see the establishing
the worthy Saints in their inheritances in Independence, Jack-
son County, Missouri in time to come will be under the super-
vision and jurisdiction of the one holding the sceptre of power
in his hand who must be a President. Therefore the Presiding
Bishop will be his agent to assist him in this labor in order that
it be done as in ancient days, (Doc. & Cov 58:17.) Thus we
are shown the ecclesiastical capacity of a bishop anciently and
modernly, for one is to be like unto the other. And also that
the keys of the Kingdom and the sceptre of power belongs
always unto the President of the Melchisedek Priesthood,
whenever that priesthood is upon this earth. Doc. & Cov.

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SI:!, 2; Exo. 4:17-20; 17:9-12; Num. 20:8-11; Gen. 49:10;
Psalms 60:7; Matt. 21:32-43. John the Baptist was ordained
by an angel at the time he was eight days old to overthrow
the kingdom of the Jews and to make straight the way of the
Lord before the face of his people, to prepare them for the
coming of the Lord in whose hand is given all power, Doc. &
Cov. 84:28; 93:17. All power necessarily includes the sceptre;
for the sceptre and all power was given into the hands of
Jesus Christ, Heb. 7:10-28; Psalms 110:4; Heb. 5:5, 6; 6:20.
Thus we see the sceptre of power was conferred upon Jesus
Christ and His legal representatives Judah, before His birth,
and Peter after His crucifixion, Matt. 16:17-19; Gen. 49:10.

THE SCEPTRE OF POWER (THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM)
CONFERRED UPON JOSEPH SMITH.

The keys and sceptre of power were conferred upon Peter
by Jesus Christ Himself and he became God's legal represen-
tative after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Peter in con-
nection with James and John conferred the keys of the King-
dom the sceptre of power, that was taken from Judah, upon
the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jun., Doc. & Cov. 27:12, 13. And
as proof that Joseph Smith received these keys we refer the
reader to the following scripture. "For I have conferred
upon you the keys and power of the Priesthood, wherein I
restore all things, and make known unto you all things in due
time, (Doc. & Cov. 132:45,) and there is never but one on
the earth at a time, on whom this power and the keys of the
Priesthood are conferred. Doc. & Cov. 132:7.

And I have given unto him (Joseph Smith, Jr.) the keys
of the mysteries of those things which have been sealed, even
things which were from the foundation of the world, and the
things which shall come from this time until the time of My
coming if he abide in Me, and if not, another will I plant in
his stead," Doc. & Cov. 35:18; (and if planted in his stead,
would be another President.) For I have given him the keys
of the mysteries and the revelations which were sealed, until
I shall appoint another in his stead." (Doc. & Cov. 81:2;
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sceptre of power were to remain with the Prophet Joseph
Smith and his legal successors, who must always be Presi-
dents of the Melchisedek Priesthood, and God's legal repre-
sentatives upon this earth. Doc. & Cov. 81:2. Thus we can
see the position the man is to occupy who is to come holding
the sceptre of power in his hands, as spoken of in the 7th
verse of the 85th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants. He
is to be the President of the Melchisedek Priesthood, and of
necessity \the presiding authority of the .Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints upon this earth. He is to set the
house of God in order, as spoken of in said revelation; and
as there is to be only one man on earth at a time, who can
hold the sceptre of power, it is easy to see who it is that is to
fall by "the shaft of death, like as a tree that is smitten by
the vivid shaft of lightning," to make a place for this "Mighty
and Strong" one to occupy. Doc. & Cov. 85:8. The Lord
says, i"He will send one mighty and strong, holding the
sceptre of power in his hand," etc. which sceptre of power he
cannot hold unless he be a president of the Melchisedeck
Priesthood and God's legal representative upon this earth, as
has been shown. The Lord further says, "while that man who
was called of God and appointed, that putteth forth his hand
to steady the ark of God, shall fall by the shaft of death like
as a tree that is smitten by the vivid shaft of lightning." No
one, less than one occupying the position as the President of
the Church of Jesus Churst of Latter-Day-Saints would have
any right to do this kind of work or have any influence with
the people, in doing such a thing as putting forth his hand to
steady the ark.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH THE ONLY ONE

WHO CAN PUT FORTH HIS HAND TO STEADY

THE ARK AND FALL.

The President is the only one who could have any
influence and is the very one that is to put forth his hand
to do such a strange thing. Thus it is shown forth very plainly
that a President is to be moved out of the way in a strange
manner in order to make room for this one whom God is

going to send to set His house in order, which is His Church,
(1 Tim. 3:15,) and lead the worthy Saints back to the center
stake of Zion, and arrange by lot their inheritances in that
promised land, through a modern Joshua, a presiding Bishop.
A person without holding the Melchisedek Priesthood cannot
see the face of God and live, Doc. & Cov. 84:21-23. A Bishop,
in the absence of a President and the Melchisedek Priesthood,
must be enlightened concerning his mission and calling by the
admisistration of angels, or by Urim, as the Lord sees fit,
(Doc. & Cov. 84:19-26.) as in the case of Joshua, Num. 27:18-23,
who was instructed through Urim by Eleazer, a Priest of the
Levitical order of the Priesthood, because Moses and the
Melchisedek Priesthood had been taken from the earth, Doc.
& Cov. 84:25. When the Melchisedek Priesthood is on this
earth, a Bishop must get his instructions from the Lord,
through the President of the Church, who is necessarily the
President of the Holy Melchisedek Priesthood, Doc. & Cov.
51:1, 2; 82: 12; 107:8, 14, which President must always hold
the sceptre of power in his hand, as has been shown; and set
in order all the affairs of the Lord's Church and Kingdom, or
oversee the same. Doc. & Cov. 90:16; 107:33. There is an
order or law spoken of in the scripture that is not being lived
today, which this Church must accept and abide in, before they
are eligible and entitled to an inheritance in the New Jerusalem,
Mount Zion, (Doc. & Cov. 84:2), and that order is the law
of the Celestial Kingdom, (Doc. & Cov. 105:1-6) which includes
all the laws that have ever been given to this Church and
what other laws God may deem fit and commensurate for the
perfecting of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints;
that they may have an abiding place in the New Jerusalem
at Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.

THE NEW JERUSALEM THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING.
This being the land for the chosen habitation of the Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ at the time of his second coming,
Psalms 132:13, 14. "Yea the word of the Lord concerning His
Church, established in the last days for the restoration of
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and for the gathering of His saints to stand upon Mount
Zion, which shall be the City of the New Jerusalem, which
City shall be built beginning at the Temple lot, which is ap-
pointed by the finger of the Lord, in the western boundaries
of the State of Missouri, and dedicated by the hand of Joseph
Smith, Jun, and others with whom the Lord was well pleased.
Verily this is the word of the Lord, that the City, New Jerusalem
shall be built by the gathering of the Saints, beginning at
this place, even the place of the Temple, which temple shall
be reared in this generation. For this generation shall not
all pass away until an house shall be built unto the Lord, and
a cloud shall rest upon it, which cloud shall be even the glory
of the Lord which shall fill the house. Doc. & Cov. 84:2-5;
II Nephi 14: Isaiah 4:. The Lord says His law shall be kept
upon that land, Doc. & Cov. 58:19; 105:34; 132:31-34, 37, 65,
66, which will be done when Zion returns after being redeemed
in the mountains, Mica 4:1, 6, 7, 10; Doc. & Cov. 49:24, 25:
Nephi says when the cloud of glory rests upon Mount Zion the
New Jerusalem (as recorded in Doc. & Cov. 84:2-6 and II.
Nephi 14: Isaiah 4:) all her people will be called holy and in that
day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, we will eat
our own bread and wear our own apparel; only let us be
called by thy name to take away our reproach. Isaiah 4: (which
is barrenness. Gen. 30:23; Luke 1:25; Psalms 113:9.) Here
we have holy people with the glory of God resting upon their
dwelling places and Jesus Christ in their midst, practicing
polygamy as an honorable law of the Celestial Kingdom, (III.
21:24, 25; 20:22; Psalms 132:13-15; Doc. & Cov. 58:13.) For
Jesus Christ dwells in no other kingdom. (Doc. & Cov. 76:
66, 92-96; Mosiah 8:16; 1st Cor. 15:40.) The Lord says that He
is no respector of persons and if this statement is true, some-
thing must be done with the manifesto, in order that all the
Saints can have an equal privelege to practice that Celestial law,
as well as now supposed, some favored few; that all people may
have an equal chance to dwell in the New Jerusalem, the chosen
habitation of Jesus Christ. And again the people must be
living in the United Order by consecration in order to be
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Celestial Kingdom, therefore all who live in the New Jerusalem
must be united as with one heart and one mind, no rich, no
poor, no high, no low, but live the United Order in word, in
action and in very deed. Doc. & Cov. 105:3-6. Jesus says,
"If ye are not one ye are not mine." God says the Saints
must be united according to the union required by the laws of
the Celestial Kingdom, and that Zion cannot be built up, unless
it is by the principles of the law of the Celestial Kingdom,
(1 Cor. 15:40,) otherwise I cannot receive her unto myself,
Doc. & Cov. 105:1-6. Some of the principles of the Celestial
law as we have proven are these, United Order by consecration
and plurality of wives, none of which are being practiced
today by this Church as typical of a light set on a hill and
not under a bushel.

THE TIME WHEN THE LORD HAS PURPOSED THESE
CELESTIAL LAWS TO BE AGAIN MAINTAINED

AND PRACTICED AS HONORABLE LAWS.
These Celestial laws cannot legally be lived and prac-
ticed since the issuing of the manifesto until the redemp-
tion of the Church by the "Mighty and Strong" Indian pro-
phet like unto Moses, the root of Jesse, who is to bring forth
the last and all records for the express purpose of bringing
about the redemption of Zion, and the setting of the house
of God in order. The Lord says: Let those commandments
which I have given concerning Zion and her law be fulfilled
and executed after her redemption, Doc. & Cov. 105:34; II
Nephi 3:24; Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18; 85: II Nephi 21: 30: III
Nephi 20:21:. But these principles of the Celestial law must
be established in the Church and complied with by the Saints
in the mountains first, Doc. & Cov. 49:24, 25, in order to get
an inheritance in Mount Zion, the New Jerusalem, and this can-
not be done until this man like unto Moses is raised up with
the sceptre of power in his hand, to set the house of God in
order and redeem Zion, for it is his mission to unlock the door
of bondage with the key of power (or sceptre) as did Moses of
old and return the worthy saints back to the promised land
by leading Israel today like as did Moses lead Israel anciently.

Every law that has ever been revealed and given to this people
must be lived when Zion is again established at Mount Zion,
the New Jerusalem, at Independence, Jackson County, Mis-
souri and its surrounding country, for that is to be Jesus
Christ's abode, the Celestial Kingdom, center of this earth,
III Nephi 21:24, 25; 20:22; Doc. & Cov. 58:13; Psalms
132:13-16. For out of Zion shall go forth the law and the
word of the Lord from Jerusalem, Isaiah 2:3. And upon the
land of the New Jerusalem, God's law will be kept, (Doc.
& Cov. 58:19; Rev. 21:12-22; Isaiah 4:), which includes, as has
been proven, United Order by consecration and plurality of
wives. Thus the setting in order of the Church (Doc. & Cov.
85:7) according to the laws required to be lived, is absolutely
necessary in order that all people may have an equal chance
and be privileged to live the laws that will entitle them to
an inheritance in the promised land of Zion, the New Jeru-
salem, and dwell in the presence of their redeemer. In order
to show that God is no respector of persons, all people must
have an even chance to live the Celestial law, (Doc. & Cov.
90:9-11,) which they have not got today nor will they have that
chance until this man like unto Moses is raised up and sets
this Church in order, according to the requirements of the law
of the scriptures pertaining to this celestial order of God's
Kingdom on this earth, Doc. & Cov. 85:3; 105:1-6, 34;
103:11-18; Isaiah 4: II Nephi 14:.

MAKING BARE OF THE LORD'S HOLY ARM NECESSARY.
The basic principles, or foundational features of Christ's
Church are not being lived today by the Saints, but they must
be complied with, by all who expect to receive an inheritance
and live in the New Jerusalem, therefore the making bare of
the Lord's holy arm, in His strange act manner to cause a spiri-
tual awakening of all nations of the earth and the convincing
of all peoples of the truthfulness of the Gospel of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is absolutely necessary, I
Nephi 22:8-10; Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11; 101:85-95; 95:1-6; Isaiah
28:2; Moroni 7:35. When the Lord makes bare His Holy
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is exhorted in the following language: "Awake, awake again,
and put on thy strength, O Zion," and the scattered remnants
are exhorted to return unto the Lord, and not before, Doc.
& Cov. 90:10; 113:7-10; 82:14; II Nephi 20:35-37; 21:9-25.
Some one must attend to this great work as God's legally
appointed minister.

THE MAN LIKE UNTO MOSES THE "MIGHTY
AND STRONG" ONE THE MUCH MARRED ONE.
There is a character that is spoken of and described in the
Doctrine & Covenants as being the one God has chosen to
attend to this important mission; the scriptures clearly indi-
cate that the one that is to do this mission, is the man that is
to be raised up like unto Moses, as is spoken of in the 103rd
Section of the Doctrine & Covenants. Let us examine his pre-
requisites by measuring him by the scriptures, that bear upon
this important subject. He is to be like unto Moses of old,
who held the sceptre of power in his hand. Then this man
like unto Moses could be the "Mighty and Strong" one spoken
of in the seventh verse of the 85th Section of the Doctrine &
Covenants that is to come holding the sceptre of power in his
hand. Moses of old was a President, then this one that is to
be raised up like unto him, must be a President, so he could
set the House of God in order, (Doc. & Cov. 107:91-93; 90:16),
as spoken of in the seventh verse of the 85th Section of the
Doctrine & Covenants, for that is a President's duty. (Doc.
107:33.) Moses of old divided by lot the inheritances and had
a minister to attend to the work under his direction, (Josh.
1:1-23; 11:15-23), so this one who is to be raised up like
unto him, could divide inheritances as is spoken of in the seventh
verse of the 85th Section of the Doctrine & Covenants through
a presiding Bishop, a Joshua. Moses of old held the sceptre
of power in his hand, (Exo. 4:17, 20, 21,) so the one that is
to be like him, could be the one who is to bring forth the
records as spoken of in the 21st Chapter 9-11 verses of III
Nephi, wherein Alma, 37:4, 14, 18, 19) says the Lord is going
to show forth His power, a sceptre of power, in the hand of the
one that brings them forth, II Nephi 25:18; Doc. & Cov.,
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the Lord will make bare his holy arm in the coming forth of
these last records (read carefully the 20th and 21st chapters of
III Nephi and you will see it stated clearly in comparison.
Remember the making bare of his holy arm is a future event.
Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11.) Then this one like unto Moses of old
could be the one through whom the Lord could work to make
bare his holy arm in the coming forth of these last records.

THE MIGHTY SERVANT OF THE LORD WILL BE MARRED

AND CAST OUT OF THE CHURCH BY HIS BRETHREN

AND THEN BE HEALED OF THE LORD.

Then this man like unto Moses could be the one who is to
declare unto the people of the coming forth of these last
records and be disbelieved and marred for so doing. And the
Lord says he will show that his wisdom is greater than the
cunning of the devil. (This statement shows that there will
be great opposition to this man's testimony and mission, which
opposition will be inspired by the devil,) III Nephi 21:9-11.

THE LAST RECORDS AS A SCEPTRE OF POWER IN THE
HANDS OF THIS MARRED SERVANT OF THE LORD.

The Lord will heal this man's marring, (Isaiah speaks of
one that would be cast out of the Church, but the Lord is to
appear to his joy and the brethren who cast him out of the
Church are to be made ashamed, etc., Isaiah 66:4-7) and the
Lord is to cause this marred man to bring forth these last
records, (3 Nephi 21:9-11) which will be a sceptre of power
in his hands according to the 37th Chapter of Alma. These
last records are to be brought forth for the express purpose of
convincing all people, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and
that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is the
only Church that is recognized and owned by the Lamb of God
upon this earth today, I Nephi 14:10; Ephesians 4:5; II Nephi
10:16; I Nephi 13:39-41; Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11; II Nephi 25:18.
All they, when these last records come forth, who will not believe
Christ's words, which this marred man shall bring forth unto
them, are to be cut off from among the people, or Saints of God,
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through whom Cod could cause this cutting off as is spoken of
in Doctrine & Covenants, 85th Section and III Nephi 21st Chap-
ter. In fact he, the man like unto Moses, spoken of in the 103rd
Section of Doctrine & Covenants is the one character spoken of
in the scriptures that has all the necessary pre-requisites to be
the one spoken of in the 7th paragraph of the 85th section of the
Doctrine & Covenants. The Lord says He is going to perform a
strange act, strange to man, but not to God, who has purposed
it, to leave all men without an excuse, as to the truthfulness of
the Gospel. The making bare of His holy arm is to do exactly
the same thing, to leave all men without an excuse as to the
truthfulness of the Gospel. Doc. & Cov. 101:92-95; 95:4;
90:7-12. This man like unto Moses, who must be a President
(Doc. & Cov. 107:91, 92) could play the part in this strange
act in being raised up in a strange manner, (III Nephi 21:9-11;
II Nephi 3:11, 24,) to take the place of the President that is
spoken of in the 8th verse of the 85th section of the Doctrine
& Covenants, that is to fall by a shaft of death in such a
strange way, Doc. & Cov. 124:126; 90:1-6. So it shows very
plainly that this man who is to be raised up like unto Moses
of old, has the necessary qualifications to be the one fore-
ordained, (Alma 13:1-12; II Nephi 3:11, 24,) who must be the
Indian prophet who is to bring forth records in the strange man-
ner, and finally, after much marring, is to bring them forth.
These last and all records are to usher in the Lamanite's day, (I
Nephi 13:39-41; III Nephi 21:7-11,) so, this Indian prophet
spoken of could be the one who is to come holding the sceptre
of power in his hands for the accomplishment of God's great
design in this day and age of the world in behalf of all Israel,
and particularly for the lamanities upon this continent. The
redemption of Zion (the pure in heart) and Zion (the New
Jerusalem) the liberating of the children of Israel from bond-
age; the building of the New Jerusalem and the establishing of
all people who are eligible, according to the laws of God, to in-
herit the center stake of Zion, is the great and important
mission before the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
today; and this cannot and will not be done, until the man like
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to do it, saith the Lord God (Doc. & Cov. 103:.) The Lord's
strange act, (Doc. & Cov. 95:1-5; 101:85-95; Isaiah 28:21,) the
making bare of His Holy arm, (Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11, I. Nephi
22:10, 11, II. Nephi 33:11; Moroni 7:35; III. Nephi 20:34-39.)
In the coming forth of last and all records (I. Nephi 13:39-41,
III. Nephi 21:9-11; 26:6-13,) wherein God's power is to be
shown forth, (Alma 37:4-19.) The brass plates, the larger
plates of Nephi, the sealed records and instruments of anti-
quity, have never been delivered to the Latter-day Saints
Church, but are to be given to this people (or Church) in this
dispensation, according to Historical Record Vol. 7, 1st Chapter
and last verse, which reads as follows: "Joseph, after having
completed the work which the Lord had entrusted him with,
delivered the records back to Moroni, who still has them in
charge. The Lord has promised that the sealed part of the re-
cords shall, in His own due time, be given to His people in this
dispensation, together with other sacred records and instru-
ments of antiquity, the hiding place which is not yet known." II
Nephi 27:10, 11,21-24; 30:18; Mormon 5:8-15; Doc. & Cov. 128:
18; 5:9-11; 17:6; 6:26, 29; 25:4; III Nephi 26:6-13; Doc. & Cov.
136:37-39. This mighty man who is to do this marvelous and
strange act (work), who is the Indian Prophet (II Nephi 3:24,)
who is the root of Jesse, (compare I Nephi 13:39, 40, Doc. &
Cov. 90:9-11) then compare II Nephi 21:5-11 with II Nephi 30:
10-18; III Nephi 21 :9-l 1, and you will see this man who is to bring
forth the last and all records is to be greatly marred for bearing
testimony of the same, but Jesus Christ will heal him and give
him power to bring forth the records. Isaiah says that one of the
Lord's servants shall be cast out of the Church and the Church
will say, let the Lord be glorified, after they shall cast him out,
but the Lord will appear to his joy, and they that cast him out
shall be ashamed. Isaiah 66:2-7. So this root of Jesse must be
the "One Mighty and Strong" spoken of in the 7th verse of the
85th section of the Doc. & Cov., for he has a mighty work to
do as the Lord's servant, in bringing forth the last and all
records, etc., which is the final and last work preparatory for
the Savior's second advent. The redemption of Zion
is many years in the future (Doc, & Cov, 58:44; 128:18;

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123:6-17) from the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, by Joseph Smith, Jr., April 6, A. D.
1830, Doc. & Cov. 95:1-6; 101:85-95; Isaiah 28:21; Doc. & Cov.
105:9.

The Lord says therefore in consequence of the trans-
gression of My people it is expedient in Me that Mine elders
should wait for a little season for the redemption of Zion and
now verily I say concerning the residue of the Elders of My
Church, the time has not come, for many years, for them to
receive their inheritance in this land, except they desire it
through the prayer of faith only as it shall be appointed unto
them of the Lord. And now I give unto you a word concern-
ing Zion. Zion shall be redeemed, although she is chastened
for a little season. For I will raise up unto Myself a pure people
that will serve Me in righteousness. (Doc. & Cov. 100:13, 16,)
for it is My will that these lands should be purchased, and
after they are purchased that My Saints should possess them
according to the laws of consecration which I have given.
(Doc. & Cov. 105:29.) They that remain, and are pure in
heart shall return, and come to their inheritances, they and
their children, with songs of everlasting joy, to build up the
waste places of Zion, Doc. Cov. 101:18. The Lord says he will
raise up unto his people a man who shall lead them out of
bondage like as Moses did anciently with power, as in the land
of Egypt, then he must hold the sceptre of power in his hand,
for ancient Moses did, Exo. 4:2, 4, 17. This mighty and strong
servant of the Lord will redeem this people, Church or Israel,
out of whatever spiritual and temporal bondage they may be
in, and set the Church in order according to the law of the
Celestial Kingdom, (Doc. & Cov., 105:1-6, 34,) and lead them
back to the center stake of Zion to their inheritance in that
promised land.

THE INDIAN PROPHET'S AND THE LAMANITE'S DAY.

Now as the Indians or Lamanites are to be the
principle builders of the New Jerusalem, assisted by the
Gentile Saints, III Nephi 21:22-26, makes it very evident the
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time, for they are to blossom as the rose and flourish upon
the hills and rejoice upon the mountains, before they return
to the center stake of Zion, Doc. & Cov. 49:24-26. When they
return they are to be the principle builders of the New Jeru-
salem III Nephi 21:22-26. The Lamanites in the day of the
Lord's wisdom are to return unto Him (III Nephi 16:) and the
last records are to come in the day of God's wisdom (Alma
37:) and as an Indian Prophet is to rise up mighty among
them, who shall do much good both in word, (in bearing testi-
mony of the coming forth of these last records) and in deed
(by bringing forth of these last records after much marring
III Nephi 21:7-12) being an instrument in the hands of God,
with exceeding faith (exceeding faith because of the tremen-
dous opposition he will meet for bearing testimony of this
last work, and the many years that are to elapse before this
great work is accomplished) to work mighty wonders (as
Moses of old did) and do that thing which is great (the bring-
ing forth of the last and all records through the greatest op-
position and marring, Isaiah 66:5; III Nephi 21:9-12, and to be
healed of the Lord, which will certainly constitute a great and
strange work) in the sight of God and unto the seed of thy
brethren, II Nephi 3:11, 24. The mission of this Indian Prophet
in behalf of the house of Israel and the seed of his brethren,
the Lamanites, is to accomplish the same results as are to be
accomplished when the Lord reveals His arm in power, (Doc.
& Cov. 90:9-11,) in the coming forth of the last and all records.
I Nephi 13: 39-41; II Nephi 30:18; I Nephi 14:10-15. The work
to be performed by the Indian Prophet and the time and pur-
pose of said mission, is very convincing that he is the "mighty
and Strong" character who is to do the work which the Lord
says this man like unto Moses is to do. Moses was a President,
(Doc. & Cov. 107:91, 92,) with all the gifts, powers and author-
ity, that God bestowed upon any man, and he talked face to
face with the Lord; and there was none like him in all Israel,
and there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses,
(Exod. 33:11 Num. 12:7, 8;) whom the Lord knew face to face
and Joshua was in Israel and remained with them for years
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raise up unto His people a man like unto Joshua, (a presiding
Bishop) as the said Church article would like to make people
believe, nor does the Lord say a Bishop is going to put forth
his hand to steady the ark of God, and fall by a shaft of
death, etc., or even infer it is a Bishop, as the said Church
article would have people believe, Joshua 1:1; 11:15; Num.
34:16-20. Joshua received his instructrions from God by Urim
through Eleazer the Priest of the Levitical Order of the Priest-
hood, thus was the presiding Bishop instructed and why?
Because there only remained after the death of Moses the
Aaronic or the Levitical Order of the Priesthood, which holds
the keys of the ministering of angels and instruction by Urim,
etc., Doc. & Cov. 107:15; 88; 84:25, 26; Num. 27:21. Now as
the Lord says; a Bishop is to divide inheritance and be a judge
in Israel like as it was in ancient days, (Doc. & Cov. 58:17)
he is to be a modern Joshua, a President of the Levitical Order
of the Priesthood (Doc. & Cov. 107:88,) Joshua was an ancient
Presiding Bishop (Doc. & Cov. 107:15,) who fulfilled the of-
fice, as is delegated to the head Bishop, in this Church today.
This modern Joshua must have some of this modern Moses'
honor (or power) (Doc. & Cov. 107:11-15, 72-74,) put upon him
(in order that the Church will be obedient to his ministry, in
establishing them in their inheritances, as Joshua had put upon
him anciently, (Num. 27:20; 11:17,) to establish Israel in their
inheritance. Joshua did as Moses directed in everything,
(Joshua 1 1 :15,) and likewise must this modern presiding Bishop
do as this modern Moses directs in order that this mission shall
be done as in ancient days, (Doc. & Cov. 58:17;) thus we see
that a presiding Bishop cannot hold the sceptre of power in
his hand, but is to have some power put upon him by the one
who does hold the sceptre of power in his hand, who is God's
legal representative and a President of the Melchisedek Priest-
hood always (Doc. & Cov. 81:2,) whenever the Melchisedek
Priesthood is on this earth; thus a bishop must always be
subject to the President of the High Priesthood when upon the
earth, and have some of the honor or power put upon him.
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Moses, root of Jesse, that is to bring forth the last and all
records and do this great and mighty work in behalf of Israel,
etc., must talk face to face with the Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ, as did Moses of old, and as did the Prophet Joseph
Smith, in order to be like unto them and act with authority
and power, and be rightfully their legal successors. This is
the kind of a man he must be in order that the Saints will be
obedient to his ministry.

ONE MAN ON EARTH AT A TIME TO HOLD

THE SCEPTRE OF POWER.'

The scriptural proof, and reasoning, why a Presiding
Bishop, who standeth in his mission as in ancient days, (Doc.
& Cov. 58:17) to divide inheritances, cannot hold the sceptre
of power in his hand, in part, is this, there is never to be but
one man on this earth at a time, who is to hold the sceptre or
keys of power in his hand, (Doc. & Cov. 132:7, 59, 60,) and
that one is always the President of the Melchisedek Priesthood,
and of necessity the President of the Church of Jesus Christ
upon the earth, Doc. & Cov. 81:2. The keys of the Kingdom
we have shown to be the sceptre that was wrested from Judah
by John the Baptist into the hands of Jesus Christ, and from
Peter, in connection with James and John, his counsellors,
upon the head of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and this sceptre,
keys of the Kingdom, belongs always unto the President of
the High Priesthood. Doc. & Cov. 81:2, whenever this holy
Priesthood is upon the earth. Moses was a President of the
High Priesthood (Doc. & Cov. 107:91- 92) and held the keys
of power and sceptre, or rod of God, in his hand as the royal
ensign of his authority, (Num. 20:8, 9; Exo. 4:17-21; 17:9)
and was without an equal in all Israel, (Deut. 34:9-12) and
was the most meek man in Israel, (Num. 12:3) and the only
one with whom God spoke face to face and there arose not a
Prophet since like him, (Deut. 34:10; Num. 12:7, 8.) He was
God's mighty and strong leader with the sceptre of power,
(rod of God) in his hands, (Exo. 4:17-20,) and he, as God's
servant, (Jos. 1:2, 7, 11:15) put some of his honor or power
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that of a Presiding Bishop, (Doc. & Cov. 107:15, 88,) who did
as Moses directed him in his work (Joshua 1:1, 11:15) per-
taining to the establishing of the Israelites in their inheritances
in that olden time. (Joshua 11:15-23.)

A BISHOP TO BE DIRECTED BY THE PRESIDENT.

Therefore the Presiding Bishop at the time the worthy
Saints are to be returned and established in their inheritance
in Jackson County, Misouri, and the surrouding country, must
be directed by, and be obedient to, one like unto Moses, a
President, Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18; 107:91, 92,) who is to be
raised up holding the sceptre of power in his hand, (Doc. &
Cov. 85:7; Exo. 4:17-20) to set in order the house of God, (or
Church, I Tim. 3:15; Doc. & Cov. 20:1; 90:16,) and arrange by
lot the inheritances of the Saints, Num. 34:13-29; 33:50-54;
Joshua 11:15-23; 14:1, 2; 18:10. This future Moses President
will have the Presiding Bishop attend to the dividing by lot of
inheritance, as his minister in the matter, (Joshua 1:1, 11:15,)
in order that it be done as in ancient days, and to conform to the
word of God, in this matter, Doc. & Cov. 58:17. "To the law
and to the testimony, and if they speak not according to this
word, it is because there is no light in them," II Nephi 18:20.
Zion is under condemnation and will remain so until they
repent and do according to that which is written. Doc. & Cov.
84:56, 57.

A PRESIDENT TO SET IN ORDER ALL THE
AFFAIRS OF THE CHURCH.

The Lord says in speaking to the Presidency of His
Church, "and this shall be your business and mission in all
your lives, to preside in counsel and set in order all the affairs
of this Church and Kingdom." Doc. & Cov. 90:16. Therefore
any setting in order that is necessary to be done, or attended
to, in this Church and Kingdom, (Doc. & Cov. 85:7) must be
done by the Presidency of this Church, in order to comply
with the word of God, and that Presidency must have an offi-
ciating head, as God's vicegerant, as Moses and the Prophet
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there is never but one man on earth at a time who is to hold
the keys of power and superintend all the affairs of God's
work on this earth. Doc. & Cov. 132:7 90:16; 81:2. The Lord
says "and it shall come to pass that I the Lord God will send
one mighty and strong, holding the sceptre of power in his
hand clothed with light for a covering, whose mouth shall
utter words, eternal words; while his bowels shall be a fountain
of truth, to set in order the house of God and to arrange by
lot the inheritances of the Saints, whose names are found, and
the names of their fathers, and of their children, enrolled in
the book of the law of God." This great man evidently will be
the Lord's servant, for God sends him to set His house in
order, and to return the worthy Saints to their place of promise,
that the great central temple and the New Jerusalem may be
builded preparatory for His second coming. This great and
mighty man must have aids and assistants to accomplish this
great work.

GEORGE T. PEAY'S STATEMENT CONCERNING
THE TIME OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDENT.

Elder George T. Peay, of Provo, now deceased, said,
during the summer of 1900, that he was out in his field,
about 2 o'clock P. M., on a clear day and could see that there
was no one near him, for he could see for one fourth mile
in any direction; a voice spoke out of heaven and said "In
the time of the seventh President of this Church, great things
will happen and wonderful things transpire; he told this to
dozens of different people, who can bear witness.

PRES. JOHN TAYLOR'S PROPHECY PERTAINING

TO THE TIME OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDENT.
In September of 1886 during the underground days, John
Taylor, then the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, while standing in a halo of light, said, that
during the administration of the seventh President of this Church
that the Church would be in bondage temporally as well as
spiritually, and at that time God would raise up the one
"Mighty and Strong," as spoken of in the 85th section of the
Doctrine and Covenants to deliver His Saints out of bondage and

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to make honorable the principle for which he was then in
hiding, meaning polygamy. This can be attested to by living
witnesses, if further proof is necessary.

WHEN ZION PUTS ON HER BEAUTIFUL GARMENTS.
Zion is to put on her beautiful garments when the United
Order by consecration is established and other principles and
laws of the Celestial Kingdom in connection therewith are
lived. (Doc. & Cov. 105:1-6, 34; 82:14-21.) Then Zion is to put
on the authority of the Priesthood and to return to that power
which she had lost, Doc. & Cov. 113:7, 8; III Nephi 20:34-46.
Some of the power which Zion has lost, is in the abandonment
of the living of the United Order by consecration for the Lord
says; "Nevertheless, in your temporal things you shall be equal,
and that not grudgingly, otherwise the abundance of the mani-
festation of the spirit shall be withheld (a spiritual bondage)
Doc. & Cov. 70:14. In union there is strength, and if ye are
not equal in earthly things and united according to the union
required by the law of the Celestial Kingdom, ye cannot be
equal in obtaining heavenly things, (Doc. & Cov. 78:5, 6,)
and without this union, Jesus Christ will never receive you or
His Church unto Himself, Doc. & Cov. 105:4, 5. This Church
might have been redeemed before now had the Saints lived the
Celestial law, which is union, equality and oneness, then would
the abundance of the spirit been with them, and they would have
had continuous revelation (Doc. & Cov. 70:14,) but through
covetousness, transgression and feigned words the United
Order by consecration was dissolved, Doc. & Cov. 104:48-53,
and discontinued for a little season, Doc. & Cov. 105:1-7, 9,
13; 58:44; 100:13, 16; 52:43. The Lord says: "And my people
must needs be chastened until they learn obedience (to Celes-
tial law of union, equality and oneness) if it must needs be
by the things which they suffer/' Doc. & Cov. 105:4-6. So this
modern Moses is to redeem the children of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints back into the United Order, and
all other laws pertaining to the Celestial Kingdom, so that

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they may have continued revelation, (Doc. & Cov. 103:14, 16,)
and an abundance of the manifestation of His spirit, (Doc.
& Cov. 70:14.) "That you may be equal in the bands of heaven-
ly things; yea, and earthly things also, for the obtaining of heav-
enly things; for if ye are not equal in earthly things, ye
cannot be equal in obtaining heavenly things; for if you will
that I give unto you a place in the celestial world, you must
prepare yourselves by doing the things which I have com-
manded you, and required of you." Doc. & Cov. 78:5-7;
105:1-5; 42:29-39. "Behold I say unto you, were it not for the
transgressions of my people, speaking concerning the Church
and not individuals, they might have been redeemed even now;
But behold, they have not learned to be obedient to the things
which I required at their hands, but are full of all manner of
evils, and do not impart of their substance, as becometh saints,
to the poor and afflicted among them (the Saints today are
contaminated somewhat with this same disease,) and are not
united according to the union required by the law of the Ce-
lestial Kingdom; (this same cap fits the Church today) and
Zion cannot be biult up, unless it is by the principles of the
law of the Celestial Kingdom, otherwise I cannot receive her
unto myself; (then it is absolutely necessary and imperative
that this Church be set in order) and my people must needs
be chastened until they learn obedience, if it must needs be,
by the things which they suffer;" and are willing to abide the
law of the Celestial Kingdom, Doc. & Cov. 105:1-6. God says
this order was given and commanded to be established and to
be an everlasting order for the benefit of the Church, and for
the salvation of men until he comes, Doc. & Cov. 104:1, 15, 16,
18; 82:20, 21; 42:39. Thus we see this Celestial law must be
re-established. Therefore the Lord God will rise up and per-
form his strange act and cause a President to fall by the shaft
of death as recorded in the 85th Section of Doctrine & Cove-
nants, 7th verse. Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring
forth his righteous purposes. It is better that one man should
perish, than that a nation should dwindle and perish in un-
belief, 1 Nephi 4:13; Alma 30:47.

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WHEN THE GOSPEL TURNS UNTO THE LAMANITES,
JEWS AND ALL NATIONS IN POWER IN VERY DEED.

This marvelous strange act as spoken of in holy writ
cannot be accomplished until the time comes when the Lord
sees fit to make bare his holy arm, (I Nephi 22:10, 11, 20, 21;
III Nephi 20:35), which will be when the man disbelieved and
marred brings forth records as Jesus Christ explained to the
Nephites, III Nephi 21:9-11. Which will be when the Gospel
will turn unto the Jews and the Lamanites, and all the nations
of the earth, which is a future event, Doc. & Cov. 90:7-12; Isaiah
1:16-28. Joseph Smith, the Prophet prayed for the Lord to
make bare his arm and redeem Zion, Doc. & Cov. 109:51. This
would indicate the man like unto Moses as being the one
through whom God would work, to make bare His arm for He
is the one that is spoken of that the Lord is going to raise up
to redeem Zion or that which he did appoint a Zion
unto his people, (Doc. & Cov. 103: 14-18,) therefore this root
of Jesse, the Indian Prophet, "Mighty and Strong" man that
the Lord is going to send to set in order the house of God
is to re-establish the United Order by consecration and make
his (God's) law (which includes plurality of wives) honorable,
(Isaiah 42:21; 5:25; 24:5) and to arrange by lot the inheritance
of the Saints. He is, and can be none other than this man
like unto Moses, a president, for it takes a president to set in
order the affairs of this Church and Kingdom, Doc. & Cov.
90:16. And it takes a man like unto Moses to redeem Zion
and divide by lot the inheritance of the Saints and have a
Presiding Bishop attend to the dividing by lot, inheritances
as his minister, as typical of ancient days, (Josh. 1:1; Doc.
& Cov. 58:17), thus we see the one character that has all the
necessary prerequisites to be this one spoken of in the
85th Section of the Doctrine & Covenants, is this
modern Moses spoken of in the 103rd Section of the
same book: As has been shown he must be a presi-
dent: (Doc. & Cov. 107:91, 92,) and the one who is to
fall by the shaft of death, is as thoroughly proven to be a
President as it is proven that the one sent of God to set his

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house or Church (I Tim. 3:15.) in order is to be a president,
for the "Mighty and Strong" one, that is to come, is to take
the place and be established in the position that this fallen
President makes vacant. Therefore according to holy scrip-
tures, this one "Mighty and Strong" who is to come, cannot
possibly be a bishop, neither can it possibly be a bishop that
putteth forth his hand to steady the ark of God, and then
fall, or to have the sentence of death mitigated in his behalf
like as this said Church article says the sentence of death
against Bishop Edward Partridge was withdrawn. According
to the laws of God the ecclesiastical position of a Bishop is not
equal unto such a work, as it takes a President of the Mel-
chisedek priesthood or President of the Church to do, Doc.
& Cov. 90:16; 132:7; 81:2; 107:8; 14, 15, 17, 18, 68, 87, 88.

THE "MIGHTY AND STRONG" ONE IS TO RETURN
SCATTERED ISRAEL BACK TO MISSOURI, THE
LAND OF THE NEW JERUSALEM.

It takes a President to fulfill the requirements as set forth
in the 85th and 103rd Sections of the Doc. & Cov. Moses was
a President of the Melchisedek priesthood, and not a Bishop,
and one "Mighty and Strong" like unto him is to redeem Zion,
them lead her back to the center stake of Zion or Mount Zion,
in the land of Missouri, and then establish her in that land
of the New Jerusalem, in her inheritance, Doc. & Cov. 103:
11-18; 85:. Then this mighty man will be the President of the
Church, the greatest of all and without an equal in all Israel
in order to be like Moses of old, Deut. 34:9-12; Num. 12:3.
Some people have said President Brigham Young was the man
like unto Moses, spoken of in the 103rd Section of the Doc-
trine & Covenants. But this 85th Section of the Doctrine &
Covenants says, in connection with the 103rd Section of the
Doctrine & Covenants, to return to the land of Zion from whence
they were scattered. President Brigham Young only helped
to scatter (Doc. & Cov. 103:11, (in a manner) for he led the
people out away and established them in a land more than
one thousand miles from the center stake of Zion, Jackson
County, Missouri. President Young has long since passed

to the other side and Zion is not yet redeemed and returned
to the land spoken of in the 85th and 103rd Sections of the
Doctrine and Covenants. Still again the word of the Lord
comes to President Brigham Young, January 14th, 1847; at
Winterquarters, that stops all speculation as to President Brig-
ham Young's mission, which says, "Let every man use his
influence and property to remove this people to the place
where the Lord shall locate a Stake of Zion, Doc. & Cov. 136:10.
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri is the land of Zion
and not a Stake of Zion, (Doc. & Cov. 101 :16, 21) and is called
Zion, the abode of Zion (the pure in heart, Doc. 97:21) and is
also called Mount Zion, which shall be the City of New Jeru-
salem, Doc. & Cov. 84:2. Enoch said, "And the Lord called
His people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind,
and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among
them," Pearl of Great Price 7:18.

MANY NAMES BY WHICH THIS MIGHTY SERVANT OF

THE LORD IS DESIGNATED.

Zion, the New Jerusalem, the selected dwelling place of
the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; back to this Holy and con-
secrated spot of earth is where this modern Moses, root of
Jesse, Indian Prophet, much marred and cast out servant of the
Lord, the "Mighty and Strong" leader, President of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who is to be revealed and
established in the very near future as God's chosen viseger-
ant, and legal representative: He is to lead all worthy Saints,
(Doc. 103:11-18; 101: 16-21; 85:) back to Zion the place ap-
pointed, for the building of the great central temple and the
City of the New Jerusalem, which is the land of Independence,
Jackson County, Missouri, from whence the saints were driven
and in 1847 and were led by President Brigham Young to the
top of the mountains to fulfill prophecy, Micah 4:1, 10; Isaiah
2:2; Doc. & Cov. 49:25-26. In fulfillment of these prophecies,
the early day saints of Joseph Smith's time have come to the
mountains, and are established in Utah, and other moun-
tainous states of the west. Thus we see President Brigham
Young was not the one referred to as spoken of in the

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85th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants. The land of
the New Jerusalem can only be inherited by living the United
Order by consecration and other laws of the Celestial King-
dom, including plurality of wives, Isaiah 4: II Nephi 14: Doc.
& Cov. 132:. In the land of the New Jerusalem the Savior
will come and accept Zion, the pure in heart, according to the laws
of the Celestial Kingdom and upon no other condition, Doc.
& Cov. 105:1-6, 34. And the Lord further says, "Let those
commandments which I have given concerning Zion and her
law be executed and fulfilled after her redemption," Doc. &
Cov. 105:34. This shows the reason why the United Order by
consecration is not established and why the legality or illeg-
ality of polygamy in this Church is such a shrouded mystery in
the minds of the people today: (on account of the manifesto
or Dr. Jeckel and Mr. Hyde alliance).

THE REDEMPTION OF ZION BY THE "MIGHTY AND
STRONG ONE" NECESSARY.

God says these Celestial laws are to be fulfilled and exe-
cuted after Zion's redemption, which cannot be accomplished
until the one like unto Moses, a President, is raised up to set
this church in order. Doc. & Cov. 85:7; 103:11-18 III Nephi
21:9-11; Alma 37:1-19.

This setting of the Church in order cannot be attended to
until this man like unto Moses has borne testimony of the
coming forth of the last and all records (III Nephi 21:9-11;
I Nephi 13:39-41; II Nephi 21:4-11 in comparison with II Nephi
30:9-18,) and be disbelieved and marred and cast out of the
Church, (Isaiah 66:5 III Nephi 21:9-11,) and then be healed by
the hand of the Lord, (Isaiah 66:5; III Nephi 21:11,) then he is
to bring forth these last records and be established in his
place at the head of the Church and then, and not until then,
will the Church be set in order according to the way and manner
spoken of in holy writ.

O. F. WHITNEY ARTICLE EXCERPT.
Apostle Orson F. Whitney gives a very appropriate reason
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of Latter-day Saints oppose the coming forth of the last
records, (III Nephi 21:9-11) by the one "Mighty and Strong",
to set the Church in order, etc., (Doc. & Cov. 85:) and why
attempts are made to explain away this 85th section. Brother
Whitney says: "Revelation is ever the iconoclast of tradition;
and such is the bigotry of man, his natural hatred of the new
and strange, as opposed to his personal interests or private
views, that the very lives of those whose mission is to intro-
duce and establish new doctrines, though designed as a bless-
ing to humanity, are ever in danger from those whose tradi-
tions would thus be uprooted and destroyed." History of
Heber C. Kimball, pp. 333. Therefore; said Church Article of
1905 and 1907 is a natural sequence or something to be ex-
pected, for the Lord says: "For behold, I am God; and I am
a God of miracles; and I will show unto the world that I am
the same yesterday, to-day and forever; and I v/ork not among
the children of men save it be according to their faith,"
II Nephi 27:23.

Three revelations; two to President John Taylor in the
years 1882 and 1886, and one to President Wilford Woodruff in
the year 1889, have been given to this Church, or to the authori-
ties of this Church, who should have given them to the Church :
Said revelations have not been revoked by "Thus saith the
Lord," so are still in full force and effect. The authorities to
date, (June, 1922), have failed to comply with the requests par-
ticularized in said revelations, and why have they not obeyed
the Lord? The answer comes: Because they don't think the Lord
means what he says, in said revelations; for their actions cry
aloud; "we have no faith in the Lord:" And why have they no
faith in the Lord? Moroni answers, "Neither can ye be
saved in the Kingdom of God, if ye have no faith; neither
can ye if ye have no hope; and if ye have no hope, ye must
needs be in despair; and despair cometh because of iniquity,"
Moroni 10:21, 22.

The righteous are as bold as a lion, which naturally infers
that sinners are cowardly and flee when no man pursueth,
(Prov. 28:1 ; Lev. 26:17; Ps. 53:5,) therefore; the whole Church,
leaders and all, are branded as a bunch of cowards in the sight

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of Almighty God, who have disregarded the contents of said
above quoted three revelations. The Lord cannot work through,
or with faithless, timid leaders to bring about Zion's redemp-
tion; the only thing the Lord can or will do with such types
of men who are occupying the positions as leaders, will be to
move them out of the way in order to make room for new
timber that believe in "thus saith the Lord" and are willing to
do as the Lord directs, Doc. & Cov. 85:7, 8.

INDIAN PROPHET'S MISSION.

There is no redemption for Zion, until this Indian Prophet
is established as the head or President of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, as the mouth piece of the Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ unto this people. He will be established
in his proper place by the Lord Himself, just about or after the
time a President falls to make vacant the chair for this "Mighty
and Strong One" to occupy, Doc. & Cov. 85: Therefore this
modern redeemer who is to be raised up, must hold the sceptre
of power in his hand to accomplish the great and mighty
work that is to be done in behalf of Israel, in order to redeem
Zion from the bondage of oppression, both spiritual and tem-
poral, and cause the great division between the righteous and
the wicked, (Doc. & Cov. 103:15, 18; I Nephi 14:1, 7; II Nephi
30:10, 18; Doc. & Cov. 90:10, 11; 101:93-95; III Nephi 21:9-11;
Alma 37:4, 14, 18, 19; I Nephi 14:12-14, compare this last refer-
ence with present conditions,) This great and mighty man is to
set the house of God in order, in re-establishing the laws of the
Celestial Kingdom, before he can establish the worthy Saints
in their inheritance in the land of the New Jerusalem. This
man must divide by lot inheritances to be like Moses of old
(Num. 34:13, 16-29,) and that can only be done agreeable to
the laws of the Celestial Kingdom, Doc. & Cov. 85:3; 105:1-6.

THE ONE MIGHTY AND STRONG AND THE MAN
LIKE UNTO MOSES IDENTICAL.

This modern Moses answers every description set forth
in the seventh verse of the 85th section of the Doctrine and
Covenants and has the same work to attend to and in the same

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place and at the same time as is delegated to the one referred
to in that revelation, namely the man "Mighty and Strong,"
whom God is going to send to attend to His affairs upon this
earth. So the man "Mighty and Strong" and the man like unto
Moses must be one and the self same individual or else there
is to be two, yet to be raised up, for the establishing of the
Saints in their inheritance in Jackson County, Missouri, to
concede this dual premise would be a vain assumption and a
wresting of the holy scriptures, which plainly tell us there is
one initial redemption or restoration for Zion to the land of
promise, Jackson County, Missouri, from whence they were
driven in the early rise of this Church and came willingly to the
valleys of the mountains (because they were compelled) in order
to fulfill prophecy, Isaiah 2:2; Micah 4:1 ; Isaiah 40:9. The Lord
says, But verily I say unto you, I have decreed that your
brethren which have been scattered shall return to the land
of their inheritances and build up the waste places of Zion,
(Doc. & Cov. 103:11; 101:13, 18, 20,) agreeable to the law of
the Celestial Kingdom, (Doc. & Cov. 105:29.) Therefore, I
will raise up unto my people a man (not two men) who shall
lead them like as Moses led the Children of Israel, Doc. & Cov.
103:16-18. This makes it conclusive as to who and what kind
of a man and what office he will hold that is to do this work;
He is to be a President and not a Bishop, Doc. & Cov. 107:91,
92. The 9th verse of the 85th section Doc. & Cov. says, "And
all they who are not found written in the book of remembrance,
shall find none inheritance in that day, but they shall be cut
asunder and their portion shall be appointed them among un-
believers, where are wailing and gnashing of teeth."

CLASS OF INDIVIDUALS TO BE CUT ASUNDER.

Now let us see what class of individuals are to be cut
assunder and why they are not to receive inheritances in the
New Jerusalem. The 3rd verse of the 85th Section of the
Doctrine and Covenants says, "It is contrary to my will and
commandment of God that those who receive not their inheri-
tance by consecration agreeable to His laws, which He has
given, that He may tithe His people to prepare them against

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the day of burning, should have their names enrolled with the
people of God." (See Doc. & Cov. 119:.) The enrollment will
consist of all the eligible people of this earth who will abide
the laws of the United Order by consecration and other laws
of the Celestial Kingdom, including pluralty of wives, and those
who will not abide the laws of the Celestial Kingdom are to
be cut assunder and their names will not be enrolled in the
book of the law of God, for all those whose names are found
written in that book are to find an inheritance in the land of
the New Jerusalem, the Zion of our God. By this and the fol-
lowing references we are given to understand that Zion is to
be redeemed and set in order before she returns to inherit the
promised land, Mount Zion the New Jerusalem, Doc. & Cov.
84:2. The redeemed of the Lord shall return and come with
singing unto Zion, (meaning all who will keep all the laws of
the Celestial Kingdom, for the Lord says he is no respector
of persons. Isaiah 51:11.) Thy people shall be all righteous;
they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting;
the work of My hand, that I may be glorified, Isaiah 60:21 ; Rev.
5:11. The Redeemer shall come to Zion and unto them that
turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord, Isaiah 59:20.
Thus we see the cutting off as spoken of in the 9th verse of
the 85th Section of the Doc. & Cov. shall have been performed
and attended to at the time or just before the return of the
worthy Saints to Jackson County, Missouri, and they who are
of the High Priesthood, whose names are not found written
in the book of the law, etc., are to find none inheritance among
the Saints of the most High, Doc. & Cov. 85:11. You cannot
cut assunder that which does not belong to an organization,
therefore, all those who profess to be Latter-day Saints, that
hold the Melchisedek Priesthood, and will not abide the law
of the Celestial Kingdom as has been stated, will not be en-
rolled in the book of the law of God (Celestial Law Doc. &
Cov. 105:1-6, 34,) and be privileged to inherit the promised
land in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. Mount Zion
is a consecrated spot of earth where Jesus Christ is coming
to dwell and the Saints must be united as one, and live all
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his presence, Psalms 132:13, 14. Jesus Christ, when speaking
to the Nephites, referring to the time when this disbelieved and
marred man should bring forth His (Christ's) word, said: that
all people would be cut off who would not believe what this
man should reveal unto them. This shows, this marred man
who is to bring forth these last records, is to be the "Mighty
and Strong" Moses, who is to do this cutting off. The angel
Moroni told Joseph Smith the Prophet that the cutting off
was not yet, or that the day had not yet come when they who
would not hear His (Christ's) voice should be cut off from
among the people, but soon would come, Pearl of Great Price,
page 90:40; Doc. & Cov. 1:14; 85:9; III Nephi 21:11. None
but the obedient to the laws of the Celestial Kingdom are to as-
sist the Lamanites in building the great city and temple in the
land of the New Jerusalem, which, when completed, the glory
of God shall rest upon it, and the Savior Himself shall dwell
therein. Ill Nephi 21:22-25.

WHEN THE CUTTING OFF IS TO TAKE PLACE.

Jesus Christ told the Nephites the cutting off would follow
the coming forth of these last records, wherein the Lord was
going to make bare his holy arm, and convince the heathen
nations and the house of Joseph of the gospel of their salva-
tion, III Nephi 20:21; I Nephi 13:39-41; 14:14; Doc. & Cov.
90:10; 1:14. By comparing these various scriptural references
we are shown conclusively that the making bare of the Lord's
arm in power is in the coming forth of the last and all records
which are absolutely necessary before the cutting off can
possibly take place. For the cutting off is to follow after the
Lord makes bare His holy arm as these references give us to
undestand, and also the cutting off is to follow the coming
forth of the/ last and all records as these references give us to
understand. So the making bare of the Lord's holy arm and
the coming forth of the last and all records must be one and
the self same event, for there is one cutting off and one great
division spoken of, (I Nephi 14:7; II Nephi 30:10; Doc. & Cov.
112:23-26,) "and the arm of the Lord shall be revealed and
the day cometh that they who will not hear the voice of the

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Lord, neither the voice of His servants, neither give heed to
the words of the prophets and apostles, shall be cut off from
among the people." Doc. & Cov. 1:14. "Therefore it shall
come to pass, that whosoever will not believe in My words,
who am Jesus Christ, whom the Father shall cause him to
bring forth unto the Gentiles, and shall give unto him power
that he shall bring them forth unto the Gentiles (it shall be
done even as Moses said) they shall be cut off from among My
people who are of the covenant," III Nephi 21:9-11.

HOW AND WHO IS TO GET INHERITANCE

IN THE NEW JERUSALEM.

One of the terms and conditions of eligibility of receiving
an inheritance in the New Jerusalem is consecration, and some
of the laws of consecration are these: "Wherefore a com-
mandment I give unto you to prepare and organize yourselves
by a bond or everlasting covenant that cannot be broken,"
(Doc. & Cov. 78:11-13. "For it shall come to pass, that that
which I have spoken by the mouths of My prophets shall be ful-
filled; for I will consecrate of the riches of those who
embrace my Gospel among the Gentiles, unto the poor of My
people who are of the house of Israel, (Doc. & Cov. 42:39,)
This is the way I the Lord have decreed to provide for My
Saints, that the poor shall be exalted in that the rich are
made low, (Doc. & Cov. 104:16.) That you may be equal in
the bands of heavenly things; yea, and earthly things also for
the obtaining of heavenly things, (Doc. & Cov. 78:5, 13, 14.)
For if ye are not equal in earthly things ye cannot be equal
in obtaining heavenly things, (Doc. & Cov. 78:6,) and all this
for the benefit of the Church of the living God, that every
man may improve upon his talent, that every man may gain
other talents, yea even an hundred fold to be cast into the Lord's
storehouse, to become the common property of the whole
Church," Doc. & Cov. 82:18. This is the foundation on which
the Church may stand independent above all other creatures
beneath the celestial world, (Doc. & Cov. 78:5-14;) and Zion
cannot be built up unless it is by the principles of the law
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myself, (Doc. & Cov. 1051-6.) For he who is not able to abide
the law of the Celestial Kingdom (United Order by consecra-
tion, including plurality of wives, etc.) cannot abide a celes-
tial glory. (Doc. & Cov. 88:22, 38, 39; 105:1-6), and be priv-
ileged to be where Jesus Christ has chosen His dwelling place
forever in Zion, the New Jerusalem; (Doc, & Cov. 84:2-5;
Pslams 132:13-14; III Nephi 21:25; Doc. & Cov. 45:66, 61;
57:1-3; 49:24, 25; 42:35, 36,) then all who become heirs to
dwell in the New Jerusalem, the Celestial Kingdom center of
this earth, the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ's selected habita-
tion forever, will have to conform to the laws governing the
same. Psalms 48:1, 2; III Nephi 21:25; 20:22; Doc. & Cov.
70:7, 8. United Order by consecration is one of the condi-
tions by which Zion (the pure in heart) (Doc. & Cov. 97:21)
(Enoch said the Lord called his people Zion, because they
were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness;
and there was no poor among them, Pearl of Great Price, page
38, verse 18) is to receive an inheritance in the new Jeru-
salem, Mount Zion, (Doc. & Cov. 84:2,) and all who do not con-
form to, and abide in the law of the Celestial Kingdom, which
has been shown to be United Order by consecration, including
plurality of wives, etc. (Isaiah 4: II Nephi 14: Doc. & Cov. 132:)
and what other laws God may see fit to reveal, will not be per-
mitted to possess an inheritance in the promised land. There-
fore a cutting off, Doc. & Cov. 85:9-11; 1:14; 133:63; III Nephi
21:11. A great division II Nephi 30:10; I Nephi 14:7. A
separation of the wicked and rebellious from the righteous and
obedient to the celestial law. Accordingly there must be a
great and mighty reformation in the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, for the present system of tithing is absolute-
ly inadequate to entitle this Church or any of its members to
receive an inheritance in Independence, Jackson County, Mis-
souri. Some may ask why? The answer comes thus: Because
inequality, class distinction and favoritism could exist
forever under this present law of tithing. Doc. & Cov. 119:1-7;
85:3; 78:4-15; 70:8, 14; 105:1-6, 29, 34; 42:30, 39; 82:11, 15-21;
49:20; 58:35, 36; 104:15, 16.

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RESTORATION OF CELESTIAL LAWS NECESSARY.

Thus it is plainly to be seen; the absolute necessity of the
setting in order of the house of God, which is His Church, (I
Tim. 3:15.) in re-establishing the celestial law that has been
forsaken and abandoned for a number of years, in order that
the people of this Church, or all who may be worthy, may have
a chance and the privilege to conform to, or reject the law
of consecration and other celestial laws; that they may be
accorded the privilege to dwell in the New Jerusalem,
that the Lord be shown as no respecter of persons. The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has long since ceased to
live the laws of the United Order by consecration, or the prac-
tice of polygamy as an open and honorable law. The United
Order was given to be an everlasting order until Jesus Christ's
second coming. (Doc. & Cov. 104:1, 15, 16; 70:15; 78:1-16;
105:1-6; 56:18; 42:30, 39, 55; 49:20. Book of Moses, 7:18; Doc.
& Cov. 119:) inasmuch as you sin not, (Doc. & Cov. 82:20,) and
the soul that sins against this covenant and hardeneth his
heart against it, shall be dealt with as the scriptures direct
(That is, he is to be cut off, Doc. & Cov. 85:3-9, III Nephi 21:11;
Doc. & Cov. 1:14) and be delivered over to the buffetings of
Satan until the day of redemption, (Doc. & Cov. 82:21,) and
my people must needs learn obedience (to the celestial law)
if it must needs be by the things which they suffer, (Doc. &
Cov. 105: 1-7,) and Zion cannot be built up unless it is by the
principles of the law of the Celestial Kingdom, otherwise, I
cannot receive her unto myself, Doc. & Cov. 105:5, 78:4-8.
On the 26th of April, 1832, the Lord said, this order I have ap-
pointed to be an everlasting order unto you and unto your suc-
cessors, inasmuch as you sin not, Doc. & Cov. 82:20. The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today is in the line
of legal succession to the Church in 1832, which was under the
leadership of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jun., then why does
not this Church today, as legal successor of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the days of the Prophet
Joseph Smith, Junior, live by the voice of His holy scriptures
(the oracles of God, Doc. & Cov. 90:4, 5; 124:39, 126). The

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Church has sinned against these laws because they have
ceased to abide in them. (Doc. & Cov. 104:51-53; 84:49-60;
105:1-16, 34), and are under the bondage of sin and a broken
Celestial law, and will remain in this condition until the man
sent of God like unto Moses, is raised up and redeems Zion and
sets this Church in order according to the laws God has pre-
scribed, (Doc. & Cov. 85:7; 103:11-18; 113:7, 8; III Nephi
21:9-11; Alma 37:1, 14, 18, 19) and prepares the Latter-day
Saints to return and build up the City of Zion and the great
central temple in the land of the New Jerusalem, Independence,
Jackson County, Missouri. This work must be done by the one
"Mighty and Strong" sent of God, holding the sceptre of
power in his hands like unto Moses, (Num. 20:8, 9; Exo. 4:17,
20; 17:9-14,) a President, (Doc. & Cov. 107:91, 92) (and not a
Bishop) to set in order the house of God (a President's duty
always) Doc. & Cov. 90:16; 81:2; 107:33; 50:26, 27. This man,
the mighty and strong Moses, the root of Jesse, Indian Pro-
phet, much marred and cast out of the Church, then healed
of God, (Isaiah 66:5-7,) just about the time or soon after the
one is to fall, Num. 20:8-12) by the shaft of death, that put-
teth forth his hand to steady the ark of God; will be vindi-
cated of the Lord and established in the position God has
purposed he should occupy.

ONENESS NECESSARY IN THE NEW JERUSALEM.

This man like unto Moses is to redeem Zion and lead her
back to Missouri and establish her in that land according to the
law of the Celestial Kingdom, (Doc. & Cov. 85:3; 105:1-16, 34;
103:11-18,) in order that the Church and Kingdom of the Lord,
or Zion the pure in heart, be acceptable unto God, (Doc. &
Cov. 105:5; 78:4-8), for unless the New Jerusalem is inherited
according to this fashion, the people therein would not be fit
associates and companions for Jesus Christ, for he is a celes-
tial being, and this is to be his abode forever, (Psalms 132:13,
14, Doc. & Cov. 58:13.) and the people of Enoch are to come
to that City and they are a people who live all of God's laws,
"if ye are not one ye are not mine saith the Lord," The glory
of the Lord will be there and her people will be called holy,

(Isaiah 4: II Nephi 14:) in the New Jerusalem; then they will be
united and one. Every man seeking the interest of his neigh-
bor and doing all things with an eye single to the glory of
God, Doc. & Cov. 82:19. These are beautiful and glorious
conditions to contemplate and are the height of ambition of
every humble, honest, virtuous and upright individual being
that exists upon the face of this earth, yea a day of joy, peace,
rest and eternal happiness. What must be done before this
haven of peace and rest be obtained and realized? Remember
the answer comes; this happy condition is after a division,
a cutting off, for only those who are living, or are willing
to live, the laws of the Celestial Kingdom, are made pertakers
of this blest condition. The rebellious having had their portion
justly appointed unto them among unbelievers, where is weep-
ing and wailing and gnashing of teeth; having had the privi-
lege of repenting and conforming to the requirements of the
laws of the Celestial Kingdom, and refusing to be obedient
to the Celestial law; therefore they are justly appointed their
portion having been left without an excuse, (Doc. & Cov.
90:9-11; 101:92-95; 1:14; 85:) because after having the op-
portunity they would not enter into the covenant and bond
of the United Order, of the Celestial Kingdom, required by our
Heavenly Father, Doc. & Cov. 105:1-6, 34; 70:8; 78:11. The
cutting off is clearly shown by holy writ to be a subsequent
happening to the coming of the one "Mighty and Strong",
who is to hold the sceptre of power in his hand. He must
bring forth the last records, for God intends to show forth His
power in the coming forth of the brass plates and other sacred
records and; instruments of antiquity; (Alma 37:4, 14, 18, 19).
They are to come forth in this dispensation, (His. Record,
Vol. 7, 1st Chap, last verse,) to convince the nations, the heathen
nations and the house of Joseph and also the Jews of the
Gospel of their salvation. I Nephi 13:39-41.

SCEPTRE OF POWER IN BRASS PLATES AND OTHER
SACRED RECORDS AND INSTRUMENTS OF ANTIQUITY.

The last records, etc., will be a sceptre of power in this
"Mighty and Strong" root of Jesse, Indian Prophet, man like

unto Moses' hands who is to set in order the house of
God, which is absolutely future from this present day
of June and the year, 1922. This makes plain the
reason why Moroni told the Prophet Joseph Smith
every time he appeared unto him that the cutting off was not
Vet but soon would come, Pearl of Great Price, page 90,
verse 40. For according to the scriptures this cutting off
event, could not be accomplished until the Church was driven
to the tops of the mountains, Micah 4: Isaiah 2:2; 40:9, and then
after many years (Doc. & Cov. 58:44) were about to return
to the promised heritage to build up the city and temple in the
New Jerusalem, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri,
III Nephi 21:9-21; Doc. & Cov. 84:1-15; 85: 103:11-18.

JOSEPH SMITH, THE PROPHET, PREDICTS THE SAINTS
WILL BECOME A MIGHTY PEOPLE IN THE

ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

Joseph Smith said the Church would go to the rocky
mountains and become a mighty people there; attested to by
Edward Rushton (His. Record, Vol. 7, page 497, 541) who heard
him make this prophecy, and the 49th Section of the Doctrine
& Covenants says Zion is to flourish upon the hills and re-
joice upon the mountains and the Lamanites are to blossom
as the rose 1 before this Church returns to the land of the New
Jerusalem, and other scriptures say the redeemed of the Lord
shall return unto Zion and everlasting joy shall be upon their
head, they shall obtain gladness and joy and sorrow and
mourning shall flee away, Isaiah 51:11; 2 Nephi 8:11. None
are to inherit this central city, Zion, the New Jerusalem, and
enjoy the haven of peace and happiness, but they who will
abide the law of the Celestial Kingdom, Doc. & Cov. 105:1-6,
34; 85:3.

MEN TO BE LEFT WITHOUT EXCUSE.
Some people may and will say: "We do not know that
Mormonism, so called, is true; and that the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints is God's only recognized and ac-
cepted Church upon this earth today, but the Lord in answer

says: "It must needs be that all men may be left without
excuse; that wise men and rulers may hear and know that
which they have never considered." This event (when men
are left without excuse) is to be after the Lord makes bare
his holy arm. Ill Nephi 20:35, 36, 43-46; 21:8-11; Doc. & Cov.
90:10, 11; 1 Nephi 22:10, 11, 20, 21. The coming forth of
records as a convincing proof or power (Alma 37:2-19) in the
hands of his servant the man like unto Moses, (Doc. & Cov.
103:11-18,) and when these last records and instruments of anti-
quity are brought forth, then wise men and rulers may hear
and know that which they have never considered. Doc. & Cov.
101:94; III Nephi 21:8-11; 20:34-36. The Lord says the making
bare of his holy arm in the coming forth of records is to cause
wise men and rulers to consider his gospel. Ill Nephi 21:8-11;
1 Nephi 13:39-41; Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11. Then all who will
believe and obey the laws of the Gospel of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, and come into this Church and abide by the
laws of the Celestial Kingdom are to assist the Lamanites
to build the New Jerusalem, 3 Nephi 21:8-25. "What I have
said unto you, must needs be, that all men may be left without
excuse; That wise men and rulers may hear and know that
which they have never considered; That I may proceed to bring
to pass my act, my strange act, and perform my work, my
strange work, that men may discern between the righteous
and the wicked, saith your God, Doc. & Cov. 101 :93-95. Here
the strange act is to cause wise men and rulers to consider
Christ's gospel and to know where the true Church of the Lord
is to be found, for they are to discern between the righteous
and the wicked at that time. Thus we have proof positive
according to the word of God that the making bare of the
Lord's holy arm is in the coming forth of records in a strange
act, or manner, that men may discern between the right-
eous and the wicked, then they shall have been convinced and
left without an excuse as to the truthfulness of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ on this earth, and know where the true Church is
to be found. The Lord says "The Kirtland Temple was to be
built for the preparation wherewith I designed to prepare
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vineyard for the last time." This last pruning has been going
on since April 6th, 1830, for the purpose of gathering the
elect, (Doc. & Cov. 95:1-8; 29:7; 5:8-11,) during the times of
the Gentiles, Doc. & Cov. 45:23-31.

WHEN FULNESS OF GENTILES TO COME IN.
The gospel is to be preached to the gentiles first and the
times of the gentiles fulfilled before the gospel is to go to the
Jews, (Doc. & Cov. 45:25,) and then, "behold, and lo, they
shall turn unto the Jews;" blindness in part is happened
to Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles is come in. Luke
21:24 Rom. 11:25, 26. And then cometh the day when the
arm of the Lord shall be revealed in power in convincing the
nations, the heathen nations, the house of'Joseph, of the gospel
of their salvation. Doc. & Cov. 90:6-11; 45:24-31; Pearl of
Great Price, page 90, verse 41. The coming forth of last
records are to do the same convincing act as the making bare
of the Lord's holy arm. (I Nephi 13:39-41;) and the Lord's
strange act is to leave all men without excuse, then they
certainly will be convinced of the truthfulness of the gospel
of Jesus Christ upon this earth, and know where that said Church
is to be found, Doc. & Cov. 101:90-95. This time or period
of gathering the elect during the times of the gentiles must
be fulfilled before the fullness of the gentiles can come in,
which cannot be done until the last and all records are brought
forth by this strong and mighty man like unto Moses. I Nephi
13:39-41; Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11; 103:11-18. And in that day
shall be heard of wars and rumors of wars, and the whole earth
shall be in commotion, and men's hearts shall fail them, and
they shall say that Christ delayeth his coming until the end
of the earth, and the love of men shall wax cold, and iniquity
shall abound and when the times of the Gentiles is come in
(which was April 6th, 1830) a light shall break forth among
them that sit in darkness and it shall be the fulness of my
Gospel; but they receive it not, for they perceive not the
light and they turn their hearts from me because of the pre-
cepts of men, and in that generation shall the times of the
Gentiles be fulfilled (Doc. & Cov. 45:24-31; II Nephi ^8:^, 32.)

(This is some of the pruning which must be done before the
strange act can be performed,) that I may bring to pass my
strange act, that I may pour out my spirit upon all flesh, Doc.
& Cov. 95:1-5. Therefore dearly beloved brethren let us cheer-
fully do all things that lie in our power, and then may we stand
still with the utmost assurance to see the salvation of God and
for His arm to be revealed." This statement was made by the
Prophet Joseph Smith in Missouri, in March, 1839, Doc. &
Cov. 123:17. There is much for this Church to do as a last
effort which is enjoined upon her by our Heavenly Father
before we can fully and completely claim that promise which
shall call Him forth from His hiding place, and also that the
whole nation may be left without excuse (in the making bare
of His holy arm, in the coming forth of records in a strange
manner as has been shown) before He can send forth the power
of His mighty arm, (Doc. & Cov. 123:6) to destroy the wicked
I Nephi 14:14-16; 22:20-31; Doc. & Cov. 101:89-95; III Nephi
21:9-25.

WHEN THE LORD'S STRANGE WORK OR STRANGE
ACT IS TO TAKE PLACE.

The word of the Lord shows conclusively that the per-
forming of His strange act to leave all men without excuse,
(Doc. & Cov. 101:90-95,) will be when He will rise up in His
wrath and perform His strange work and bring to pass His act
His strange act, (Isaiah 28:21,) which cannot possibly be done
until after the Church has been persecuted, mobbed and had
murderous impositions heaped upon her for years, and that this
making bare of His holy arm is to be in a strange manner,
a special and particular indignation event, after she, the church,
had done about all that could be done in a natural way to sur-
mount the obstacles of oppression and opposition in maintain-
ing her rights and privileges, for many years (Doc. & Cov. 58:
44). Thus we see the Lord's strange act is a future happening
from June, 1922, and is a feature in and of itself, a righteous
indignation act, Isaiah 28:21, to be a convincing strange act
(out of the ordinary routine or established order in
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 01;

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according to man made rules, or precepts of men). When
this peculiar work or strange act is performed it is to arm the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with righteous-
ness, and the power of God, in great glory (I Nephi 14:14,)
then Zion is to arise and put on her beautiful garments and
live the laws of the Celestial Kingdom, Doc. & Cov. 113: 82:14,
16-21. The arm of the Lord is to be revealed in power (III
20:34-36) in the coming forth of records (III Nephi 21:9-11,)
last and all records, (I Nephi 13:39-41, Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11,)
by the one like unto Moses (Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18) the root
of Jesse, the Indian Prophet who shall hold the power of the
Priesthood to bring again Zion and the redemption of Israel,
Doc. & Cov. 113:7, 8; II Nephi 21:5-11; 30:10-18, 3:11, 24. The
strange act is for the pouring out of the Lord's spirit upon all
flesh, that men may discern between the righteous and wicked
saith your God (Doc. & Cov. 101:95, II Nephi 21:5-11; 30:10-18)
When this is done, all mankind will know which is the true
Church, and where it is located, and if they do not embrace
the Gospel of the same, they can and will be justly condemned.
In the making bare of the Lord's holy arm, all the kindreds
of the earth will be blessed and this is the only way proposed
that can accomplish this mission in convincing all mankind
of the Gospel of their salvation, which is the great blessing God
has purposed for mankind. Alma 42:26; 18:39; I Nephi 22:10,
1 1. God says all the kindreds of the earth cannot be blessed un-
less He makes bare His holy arm, wherefore He will make bare
His arm in the eyes of all the nations in bringing about His
covenants and His Gospel unto those who are of the House of
Israel, I Nephi 22:10, 11. When the Gospel turns to the Jews,
(which is future,) the arm of the Lord shall be revealed in power
in convincing the nations, the heathen nations, the house of
Joseph, of the gospel of their salvation, Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11;
I Nephi 13:39-41. The coming forth of the last records (which
is yet future Alma 37:4, 14, 18, 19; His. Record, Vol. 7, 1st
Chap. 1st verse; I Nephi 13:39, 41) are to convince the Jews,
Lamanites and nations the same as the making bare of
His holy arm is to do, so the making bare of the Lord's holy
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in the wrothful strange act manner Doc. & Cov. 101:90-95;
95:3, 4, Isaiah 28:21; Doc. & Cov. 85:97: 7.

ONE PURPOSE OF MAKING BARE

THE LORD'S HOLY ARM.

The purpose of making bare of the arm of the Lord is
to convince all mankind that the Book of Mormon and the
Doctrine and Covenants and the Bible so far as it is translated
correctly contains the fullness of the Gospel (Doc. & Cov. 20:9)
and that Joseph Smith, Jr., was and is a prophet of the true
and living God; that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints is the only true Church upon this earth today, and
when men are convinced, they are certainly left without
excuse. The strange act is to leave all mankind without
excuse, then they must certainly be convinced that the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only true Church
on this earth. Knowledge will save or damn mankind (Doc.
& Cov. 131:6), and in order to give them this knowledge, and
to leave all men without excuse, they must absolutely know
that this Gospel is true, and the performing of the Lord's
strange act is to do this very thing, (Doc. & Cov. 101:92-95);
then if they do not embrace the Gospel of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, Doc. & Coc. 115:4; II Nephi 27:3-8.
They must needs openly rebel against light and knowledge,
having then, and not until then, been left without excuse. Then
men will be brought to that station in this journey of life,
where they must exercise their agency and decide and act either
for their eternal salvation or eternal damnation. I Nephi 14:7.

AGENCY OF MAN.

President Taylor's Revelation of 1886 says: "It is now
pleasing to me that men should use their free agency," as this
Church did when they issued the manifesto. Of such a time an
angel described to the Prophet Nephi in the following lang-
uage: "Therefore wo be unto the Gentiles, if it be so that they
harden their hearts against the Lamb of God, or His Gospel
(for at this time to which the angel was referring the Church
was to be established on the different parts of the earth in

small dominion (I Nephi 14:1-6,) when multitudes among all
the nations of the Gentiles were gathered together to fight
against the lamb of God (I Nephi 14:13) for the time cometh
saith the Lamb of God, that I will work a great and a marvel-
ous work among the children of men; a work which shall be
everlasting either on the one hand or on the other: either to the
convincing of them unto peace and life eternal, or unto the de-
liverance of them to the hardness of their hearts and the blind-
ness of their minds, unto their being brought down into capti-
vity, and also into destruction, both temporally and spiritually
according to the captivity of the devil, of which I have spoken,
I Nephi 14:6, 7, 12-15. Thus we can see the consistency
of the saying of the Prophet Joseph Smith, "That every man
is his own condemner and his own tormentor" for at this time
men must make their own choice and that knowingly, (His.
Rec. Vol. 7, Chap. 22.)

TWO CHURCHES ONLY, ONE IS GOD'S AND ALL OTHERS

THE DEVIL'S. I NEPHI 14:10.

Joseph Smith's mission was to try the faith of the people
in the bringing forth of the lesser part of that which was record-
ed upon the plates of Nephi. (Ill Nephi 26:6-12, II Nephi 3:7;
27:21, 22, I Nephi 13:34; Doc. & Cov. 58:7; 5:9-11; 6:26; Ether
5:1-4,) and also that you (meaning Joseph Smith, the Prophet)
might be honored of laying the foundation, and of bearing rec-
ord of the land upon which the Zion of God shall stand, I
Nephi 14:10; Ephesians 4:5; Doc. & Cov. 58:7; 113:4 and
also those to wohm these commandments were given, might
have power to lay the foundation of this Church, and
to bring it forth out of obscurity and out of darkness, the only
true and living Church upon the face of the whole earth, with
which I, the Lord am well pleased, speaking unto the Church
collectively and not individually, (Doc. & Cov. 1:30; 115:4)
Which foundation (he, Joseph Smith, the Prophet) did lay and
was faithful and I took him to myself. Many have marveled
because of his death, but it was needful that he should seal
his testimony with his blood, that he might be honored and
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122:9; 17:6; 5:22; 10:45-53. Joseph's mission was to gather out
the elect. (Doc. & Cov. 29:7,) for the elect hear the voice of the
Lord and harden not their hearts, Doc. & Cov. 29:7; 33:6;
110:11. In a vision manifested to Joseph, the Seer, and Oli-
ver Cowdery in the Kirtland Temple, April 3rd, 1836, Moses
appeared and committed the keys of the gathering of Israel
from the four parts of the earth, and the leading of the ten
tribes from the land of the north, (Doc. & Cov. 110:11,) and
Joseph Smith the Prophet, in a revelation through himself at
Kirtland, Ohio, February 24th, 1834, tells of the Lord raising
up one like unto Moses to lead the children of Israel out of
bondage back to Mount Zion, the New Jerusalem with power
and a stretched out arm, etc., (Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18,) So this
future Moses, Joseph refers to, is the one through whom God is
going to perform His great and strange act, and this man like
unto Moses, who is the "Mighty and Strong One," who is the
root of Jesse, who is the Indian Prophet, that is to be much
marred for bearing testimony of the coming forth of records,
who is the one that the Lord is going to heal, and then cause
to bring forth the last and all records to convince and leave
all people without excuse, in a strange and marvelous manner.

THE LESSSER AND GREATER PART OF THE GOSPEL

Joseph Smith brought forth the lesser part and this future
man like unto Moses is to bring forth the greater part, and
reveal all that was on the plates of Nephi 1 and other sacred re-
cords, and instruments of antiquity, the hiding place of which
is not yet known. Ill Nephi 26:6-12; His. Rec. Vol. 7, 1st Chap,
last verse. This root of Jesse is to bring forth all things that
have been revealed unto the children of men. There is nothing
sealed upon the earth save it shall be loosed, wherefore the
things of all nations shall be made known unto the children of
men, II Nephi 21 :5-l 1 ; 30:10-18. There have been many records
and instruments of antiquity spoken of, that have been revealed
to the children of men, so according to the foregoing scripture,
we may expect to have them revealed again for the accom-
plishment of the Lord's great and mighty purposes, for which
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RECORDS, ETC., YET TO COME FORTH

Some of these sacred records and instruments of antiquity
are thus, viz: The brass plates that Nephi took from Laban;
sealed records that Joseph Smith was not permitted to trans-
late; all on the plates of Nephi that Mormon was told not to
translate; 1600 years of Jareditish history; the 24 golden plates
spoken of; ball and director that guided the people of Lehi
in their journey through the wilderness; the 16 stones that
were touched by the finger of the Lord, that gave light in the
barges, that were built by the brother of Jared and his people,
for the crossing of the greaf ocean, to this promised land; the
sword of Laban; possibly the ark of the covenant; and other
records and instruments of antiquity that have been reserved
for the great latter-day work. When these sacred records and
instruments of antiquity are brought forth they will be a
sceptre of power in the hands of this "Mighty and Strong"
servant of the Lord, (Alma 37:2-19; II Nephi 21:5-11; 30:10-18,
I Nephi 19:3; Heleman 3:13-16; Mor. 5:8-15;) for the purpose of
convincing and leaving all mankind without an excuse, as to
the only Church of Jesus Christ upon this earth. Doc. &
Cov. 115:4; Ephesians 4:5; I Nephi 14:10. The last records
are to be a convincing evidence to the Jews, heathen nations,
the House of Joseph, including the Lamanites, as to the
truthfulness of the Gospel of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, (Doc. & Cov. 115:4; 20:1; III Nephi 27:
3-8,) which Church was founded by the Prophet Joseph Smith,
Jun., April 6th, 1830, Doc. & Cov. 20:1-4. The coming forth
of the greater part as spoken of in III Nephi 26:6-12, and
which are the last and all records, (I Nephi 13:39-41; III Nephi
21:9-11,) in the making bare of the Lord's holy arm through
the man like unto Moses, (Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11; 103:11-18) in
the strange and marvelous manner spoken of in the 7th verse
of the 85th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants; this
peculiar work will constitute the strange act spoken of in
Isaiah 28:21; Doc. & Cov. 95:1-6; 101:93-95 and will constitute
the great convincing act or strange manner in which the Lord
will bring forth these last and all records for the convincing
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the Gospel of their salvation, Doc. & Cov. 90:10; I Nephi 22:10,
11, 20, 21; Doc. & Cov. 1:14. Thus we see the Lord's strange
act in the making bare of His holy arm, in the coming forth
of these last records, are one and the self same event; and
and must be done by the one like unto Moses who is to be
raised up in this strange manner to redeem Zion, in the
setting of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
in order, according to the laws of the Celestial Kingdom,
Doc. & Cov. 105:4-7; 85:. This great work in behalf of the
House of Israel cannot be done until after Zion's Redemp-
tion, (Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18; 105:34,) which redemption can-
not take place until the "Mighty and Stronge One," who is the
man like unto Moses, who is the Indian Prophet, (II Nephi
3:24,) who is the root of Jesse, (II Nephi 21:5-11; 30:10-18,)
who is to be cast out and then disbelieved and marred, (3
Nephi 21:9-11,) who is to be cast out and then is to be healed
of the Lord; for the Lord is to appear to his joy, and they
are to be ashamed, (Isaiah 66:5, 6) when a President of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints falls with the shaft
of death like as a tree that is smitten by the vivid shaft of
lightning, etc. Doc. & Cov. 85:.

MARRING AND HEALING OF ONE OF THE

LORD'S SERVANTS.

This marring and healing spoken of in behalf of the Lord's
servant must take place before he can bring forth the last
and all records, III Nephi 21:9-11; Isaiah 66:2-6. The coming
forth of said records must be done before this Church can
be set in order, and the setting of this Church in order
must take place, in order to determine who will abide the laws
of the Celestial Kingdom; then and not until then, can the
worthy saints be permitted to return to build up Zion, the New
Jerusalem in Jackson County, Missouri, Doc. & Cov. 105:1-6,
34; III Nephi 21:22-25; 15:13; I Nephi 2:20; Ether 1:40-43;
2:7-12. The central city of the Celestial Kingdom, is to be
built upon this the land which the Lord gave unto the seed of
Lehi, of whom only the Lamanites are a remnant, and as many
who will come in under the covenant by repenting and harken-

ing unto the word of the Lord, will be privileged to assist the
Lamanites, the remnant of Jacob, in building that city and
temple, and be numbered among the remnant of Jacob to
whom this western continent has been given, (III Nephi 21:22-
24) for more are the children of the desolate (Lamanites) than
the children of the married wife (Gentile Church Doc. & Cov.
109:60) saith the Lord, III Nephi 22:1-3. The sixth and seven-
teenth verses of the 123rd Section of the Doctrine and Coven-
ants show that the arm of the Lord is to be made bare after the
Church has been terribly persecuted, for years, and then after
this the Lord is to come forth from his hiding place and leave
the whole nation without excuse, before he can send forth
the power of his mighty arm to waste away the wicked; and the
performing of the Lord's strange act is for the express pur-
pose of leaving all people without an excuse; (Isaiah 28:21;
Doc. & Cov. 101:85-95; 95:3-5; I Nephi 14:1-16; III Nephi 21:
9-25.)

TWO GREAT AND MIGHTY SERVANTS OF THE LORD.
According to the word of God, as has been shown
in holy writ, it is made very plain and absolutely posi-
tive that in this the dispensation of the fulness of times, for
the accomplishing of the purposes and mission of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in behalf of the children of
men upon this earth, that there are two great and mighty
servants to be raised up as instruments in the hands of God
to officiate, and each play his part respectively in the time that
the Lord sees fit to use each of them, for the accomplishing of
his great purposes, viz: The introduction and the vindica-
tion of his gospel which is plainly marked out and portrayed in
holy writ. These two events constituting the great plan of
redemption that was instituted for the salvation of the children
of men upon this earth, Alma 18:39; 42:26. One of these great
men was to be honored in laying the foundation of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Doc. & Cov. 58:7) and of
bearing record of the land on which the Zion of God shall
stand, Doc. & Cov. 5:9; 6:26; 17:6; 20:1, 2; 21:1-3; 136:36-38;

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Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. In order that he might do this intro-
ductory work he was to bring forth the lesser part by translating
the unsealed part of the abridgement Mormon made from the
plates of Nephi, to try the faith of the people, III Nephi 26:6-12;
II Nephi 27:10, 21; Ether 4:13; 1:5. This introductory work
was done by Joseph Smith, the Prophet, the rod of Jesse,
(Doc. & Cov. 113:3, 4,) which had to be done before the Church
was driven to the Rocky Mountains. And if they would believe
this lesser part, (the Book of Mormon) which has been done
to the extent of approximately two millions of people, both
dead and now living during the last ninety-two years, then in
the day of the Lord's wisdom, (Alma 37:2-19, II Nephi 27:,)
should the greater things, all on the plates of Nephi, III
Nephi 26:6-12,) be made manifest unto them. When the sealed
records come forth, all records and instruments of antiquity,
in fact all things that have been among the children of men,
shall at that day come forth, II Nephi 27:11, 22; 30:15-18; His.
Record, Vol. 7, 1st Chapt. last verse; Alma 37:4-18, 21, 24, 38.
Through faith as the Lord required the belief in the divinity
of the Book of Mormon (the lesser part) has been sufficient to
establish the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints upon
this earth, as the introductory feature in the plan of redemp-
tion, and maintain its slowly increasing identity for ninety-
two years among the children of Adam upon this planet. Ill
Nephi 26:6-12. Nephi saw when the Church should have small
dominion upon the face of the earth that then the power of the
Lord descended upon the Saints of the Church, Doc. & Cov.
90:9-11; I Nephi 14:12-14. Now then; according to the promise
of the Lord we are entitled to have the greater things (all on
the plates of Nephi, other sacred records and instruments of
antiquity. His. Rec. Vol. 7, 1st Chap, last verse) manifest unto
us, for the request of believing the lesser part (Book of Mor-
mon) has been measurably complied with by approximately two
millions (dead and now living) of people during the last
ninety-two years. Now the other one, the "Mighty and Strong"
servant of the Lord, will as soon as it is wisdom in God, II
Nephi 27:22) manifest the greater things, (III Nephi 26:9,) all
records and instruments of antiquity, Alma 37:2-19; His. Rec.

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Vol. 7, 1st Chap, last verse; II Nephi 27:10, 11, 21, 22; 30:15-18;
III Nephi 21:9-11. These sacred things are kept for a wise
purpose to show forth the Lord's power, and to vindicate his
work, the mission and great work done by the Prophet
Joseph Smith, Jr., who was the rod of Jesse, who was honored
in laying the foundation of the Lord's great work, (Doc. & Cov.
58:7,) on whom there was laid much power, (not all power for
the greater part of the Gospel did not come forth unto the
people) Doc. & Cov. 113:3, 4; III Nephi 26: 8, 9; II Nephi
27:21, 22; I Nephi 13:34; Doc. & Cov. 5:9-11; 6:26-29; 25:4;
17:6. The Lord told Joseph Smith, the Prophet to touch not
the sealed records and also that the time would come when
they and all things which ever had been among the children
of men, should be revealed, II Nephi 27:11, 21, 22. The fact
that there were to be two great and mighty men as servants of
God raised up in this dispensation, was revealed through Joseph
Smith, the Prophet, in answer to some questions on scripture
in March, 1838, the account of which is recorded in the 113th
section of the Doctrine & Covenants in the following manner:
Who is the stem of Jesse spoken of in the 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
verses of the llth chapter of Isaiah? Verily, thus saith the
Lord, it is Christ. What is the rod spoken of in the 1st verse
of the llth chapter of Isaiah that should come of the stem
of Jesse? Behold, thus saith the Lord, it is a servant in the
hands of Christ, who is partly a descendant of Jesse as well as
of Ephraim, or of the house of Joseph, on whom there is laid
much power. What is the root of Jesse, spoken of in the tenth
verse of the llth chapter? Behold, thus saith the Lord, it is
a descendent of Jesse as well as of Joseph, unto whom rightly
belongs the Priesthood and the keys of the Kingdom, for an
ensign, and for the gathering of my people in the last days.
Isaiah 11:5-11; II Nephi 21:5-11; 30:11-18, show that the root of
Jesse is to stand for an ensign to the people to bring forth the
last and all records and instruments of antiquity and all things
that are to be revealed unto the children of men, in order
to usher in the millennium. To him, the root of Jesse, shall
the gentiles seek and his rest shall be glorious, and he is to
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learn by direct revelation from heaven that there are two
mighty servants of the Lord to do great works in behalf of
Israel and in reading the 26th chapter of III Nephi and the
85th and 103rd sections of the Doctrine & Covenants we are
given to understand that their missions pertain to this dis-
pensation of the Gospel. One of these great men, Joseph
Smith, Jr., brought forth the lesser part of the Gospel, (Doc.
& Cov. 5:9; 6:26, 29; I Nephi 13:34, which was called the Book
of Mormon because Mormon abridged it from the plates of
Nephi. Joseph Smith translated the unsealed part, or the
lesser part, the mission of which is to try the faith of the people
as the introductory work in the great Gospel plan of redem-
tion, III Nephi 26:9-12. Why this work was called the Book
of Mormon is because of Mormon, having abridged it from
the plates of Nephi, (See Preface to the Book of Mormon)
And when they shall receive this (the Book of Mormon) which
is expedient that they shall have first to try their faith, and if it
shall so be they shall believe these things (Book of Mormon)
then shall the greater things, (all on the plates of Nephi
III Nephi 26:9-12,) and all records and instruments of anti-
quity be made manifest unto them, II Nephi 27:10, 11, 21, 22;
30:15-18; Alma 37:2-19; III Nephi 21:9-11; His. Rec. Vol. 7, 1st
Chapter, last verse. So we see the bringing to light the
Urim and Thummim, sealed records, plates of Nephi, the twenty-
four golden plates, the brass plates, ball and director, the pre-
cious seer stones, the sixteen stones that gave light in the
barges while Jared and his brethren crossed the great ocean to
this promised land, the sword of Laban; and many other
records and instruments of antiquity, Mor. 5:8-15; III Nephi
5:8-13; Heleman 3:13-15) is the great and mighty mission for
the other servant of the Lord, the "Mighty and Strong" Moses,
the root of Jesse, Indian Prophet, much marred man, cast out
and then healed by the Lord. This mighty man is to accomplish
this last work which is to be the complement and vindicating
and convincing act in the plan of redemption. I Nephi 13:39-
41; Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11; III Nephi 21:9-11; II Nephi 21:5-11;
30:10-18; Doc. & Cov. 85: 103:11-18. The book of Ether in the
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roni from the 24 golden plates that Ether made which were
found by the people of Limhi, Ether 1:1, 2. This abridge-
ment gives a short account of Jared, his brother and their
people for a period of about sixteen hundred years upon the
American continent. A part of this abridgement, Moroni was
commanded to seal up, Ether 4:4-8. So Joseph Smith, Jr.
translated only a part of the abridgement Moroni made
from the twenty -four golden plates, thereby giving a very
limited account of the Jaredite history, (Ether 1:1-4,) and the
Lord said unto Joseph Smith, the prophet, "touch not the things
which are sealed, (Ether 5:1-6,) for I will bring them forth in
mine own due time, II Nephi 27:21. The Prophet Joseph was
not given power, or in other words was not privileged to trans-
late the sealed part of the records to get the full account
(Ether 4:4-8,) but was told to touch them not, Doc. & Cov.
5:9. Moroni says: "Therefore I do not write those things
which transpired from the days of Adam until that time; but
they are had upon the plates; (meaning the twenty-four golden
plates, Ether 1:1-5) Joseph Smith translated from Moroni's
abridgement and not from the twenty-four golden plates Ether
made which were found by the people of Limhi, and Ether says,
whoso findeth them, the same will have power that he may get
the full account, Ether 1:4; Mosiah 28:11-20. This shows
plainly some one will yet find them. Also the Lord told Joseph
Smith they were to be kept sealed up and hid up until he,
(the Lord) should see fit in his own wisdom, to reveal all
things unto the children of men (II Nephi 27:22,) and the day
cometh that the words of the book which were sealed shall be
read upon the house tops, and they shall be read by the power
of Christ: and all things, shall be revealed unto the children of
men which ever have been among the children of men, and which
ever will be even unto the end of the earth, II Nephi 27:11. So
this next act to be done is the strange (wroth, Isaiah 28:21,) act,
for the setting of the house of God in order and for her redemp-
tion from man made and foolish doctrines or precepts of men, II
Nephi 27 :25 ; 28 : 14. This marvelous work and a wonder is for the
express purpose that all mankind may give heed to the Gospel
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to the instruction that the Lord shall reveal through this "Mighty
and Strong" Indian Prophet whose mouth shall utter words,
eternal words, and his bowels shall be a foundation of truth, etc.
to set in order the house of God, Doc. & Cov. 85:7. Joseph
Smith, the Prophet, after having completed the work which
the Lord had entrusted him with, delivered the records back
to Moroni, who still has them in charge. The Lord has pro-
mised that the sealed part of the records shall, in his own
due time, be given to His people in this dispensation, together
with other sacred records and instruments of antiquity, the
hiding place of which is not yet known. His. Rec. Vol. 7, 1st
Chap, last verse. Alma says; The Lord will reserve the brass
plates which are like unto the Bible and more scripture upon
them, (I Nephi 13:23). The Ball and Director, (Liahona, Alma
37:38) Urim and Thummim, and sacred records and instruments
of antiquity to show forth his power in, and that all nations are
to know of the mysteries contained on the brass plates, for
they shall go forth unto all the people of the earth, (Alma
37:4-19; I Nephi 5:18). We are told that when the sealed
records come forth, all things, such as records and instru-
ments of antiquity are to come forth. II Nephi 27:11, 22; 21:5-
11, 30:10-18. The bringing forth of these last sacred relics
is positively the mission of the other servant of God, the root
of Jesse as spoken of in the 6th verse of the 113th Section
of the Doctrine & Covenants, whose mission and right it is to
hold the sceptre of power and the keys of the kingdom in his
hand and perform mighty wonders like as Moses of old and to
gather all the pure in heart who will abide the laws of the Celes-
tial Kingdom; to Zion, the New Jerusalem in Jackson County,
Missouri. Doc. & Cov. 84:2; 101:13-21; 103:11-18; 29:2, 27;
49:24, 25; 38:31; 42:36; 45:42, 43; 57:1; 58:24-29; 101:10;
109:58, 59: 85:3. Ill Nephi 21:22-26.

THE GATHERING PLACE OF THE SAINTS BEFORE

THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST.
The scriptures show conclusively that the place of gather-
ing for the Saints before the Lord's second coming is to be at
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Jerusalem, (Doc. & Cov. 84:2-6) and the man that is to be
raised up like unto Moses must do this last gathering work,
Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18; 85:. The mission of Joseph Smith,
Jr. was to establish the Gospel upon this earth for the gather-
ing of all people unto the Church who come under the head
of the elect, Doc. &' Cov. 29:7; 109:58,60; 136:10; 51:16; Zion
must flourish upon the hills and rejoice upon the mountains,
and after that, are to be returned and assembled together at
the place appointed in Independence, Jackson County, Mis-
souri, Doc. & Cov. 49:24, 25; 42:35, 36; 45:42-44, 65-71; 84:1-5;
101:6-21; 57:1-3,) but was to wait many years before return-
ing to that promised land, Doc. & Cov. 58:44; 51:16. The
gathering in the tops of the mountains has been going on for
seventy-five years and at the present time has gathered ap-
proximately two million souls into the Church, (dead and now
living, from its inception to the present time) from among
the different nations of the earth, but when the Lord makes
bare his holy arm, (Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11; I Nephi 13:39-41;
III Nephi 21:9-11) and convinces all nations that the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Doc. & Cov. 115:4; Ephe-
sians 4:5; I Nephi 14:10) is His only accepted church upon this
earth, then millions of Lamanites and many of the honest, up-
right and virtuous individuals among the children of men, will
gather to Zion, and conform to the laws of the Celestial Kingdom,
which then will be in full force and effect, or they will be con-
demned. Why? Because they will have been left without an ex-
cuse. Then all eligible people who will abide the laws of the Celes-
tial Kingdom will be gathered to Mount Zion, the New Jerusalem
in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, and when there is
found no more room in this promised land, other places will be
appointed and they shall be called Stakes of Zion, Doc. & Cov.
101 :6-21. Then all eligible people who will conform to the laws
of the Celestial Kingdom will be privileged to return or come
to this holy land. The beginning of the returning to the land
of the New Jerusalem will follow after Zion's redemption in
the mountains, Isaiah 2:2; 40:9; Micah 4:1, 10, 13; Isaiah 51:11;
35:10. When the pure in heart return to this promised land,
they will be led by the one "Mighty and Strong" (Doc. & Cov.

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85:7) man like unto Moses (Doc. & Cov. 103:1-18,) Indian
Prophet, (II Nephi 3:11, 24,) root of Jesse (Doc. & Cov. 113:
5-6), whose mission it is to officiate in the redemption of
Zion and the great and final gathering. This mighty man will
stand for an ensign of the people and to it shall the gentiles
seek and hfs rest shall be glorious, (11 Nephi 21:10; Rom.
15:12,) and he shall rule over the gentiles. This mighty and
strong man of so many nomenclatures is to bring forth these
last records and instruments of antiquity, as a convincing
proof of the divinity of the mission of Joseph Smith, who trans-
lated the Book of Mormon, the lesser part (III Nephi 26:6-12,)
and revealed the Gospel truths as contained in the Doctrine
and Covenants and some other works; who established the
Church of Jesus Christ upon this earth, April 6th, 1830, Doc.
& Cov. 20:1; 115:4. Moroni said, whoso findeth the twenty-
four golden plates shall have power to get the full account,
Ether 1 :4. According to this scripture, we are informed that
some one is going to find them and give the full account as
contained upon them; so we see some one besides Joseph Smith,
the Prophet must be commissioned of the Lord to find the
twenty-four golden plates in order to fulfill scripture and give
the full account which is contained thereon. Joseph Smith
did not translate from the twenty-four golden plates at all, that
Ether made; but he translated only the unsealed portion of the
abridgement Moroni made, from the twenty-four golden plates:
Moroni says: Therefore I do not write those things which
transpired from the days of Adam until that time; but they are
had upon the plates; and whoso findeth them the same will
have power that he may get the full account (so you see the
man that finds these things is the man who is going to do the
translating, or in other words get the full account) Ether 1 :4.
This is certainly a future work for it is not yet accomplished.

THE LAST AND MIGHTY SERVANT IS EXTOLLED

BY THE SAVIOR HIMSELF.

The Savior in speaking to the Nephites tells them about a
man who will do this last work, and that he will be disbelieved
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he receives for declaring this strange act in the coming forth
of records, etc., unto the people, will not hinder his work at all,
for Jesus Christ says; that he will heal him and that he will
show that his (Christ's) wisdom is greater than the cunning
of the devil, and that this marred man shall bring forth these
last and sacred records that contain Christ's word, (III Nephi
21:9-11,) and according to Ether he will be the means of trans-
lating the same, Ether 1 :4. We must carefully bear in mind
this marred and healed servant is not the Prophet Joseph
Smith, for Joseph, the Prophet, was slain and he foretold
his own death three or four days previous to his martyrdom,
(Doc. & Cov. 135:4; 5:22;) so the Savior could not be refer-
ring to Joseph Smith when he spoke in the following language:
But behold the life of my servant shall be in my hand, therefore
they shall not hurt him, although he shall be marred because
of them. Yet I will heal him, for I will show unto them that
my wisdom is greater than the cunning of the devil, therefore
it shall come to pass that whosoever will not believe in my
word, who am Jesus Christ, whom the Father shall cause him
(the marred man, and healed) to bring forth unto the gentiles,
and shall give unto him power that he shall bring them forth
unto the gentiles, (it shall be done even as Moses said) they
shall be cut off from among my people who are of the cove-
nant. Ill Nephi 21:9-11. The Angel Moroni told the Prophet
Joseph that the cutting off was not then, but soon would come
and as yet it has not been attended to. Pearl of Great Price,
page 90, verse 40.

NECESSARY FOR JOSEPH SMITH, THE PROPHET
TO SEAL HIS TESTIMONY WITH HIS BLOOD.

Further the Lord says, it is necessary for the Prophet
Joseph to seal his testimony with his blood, that he might
be honored and the wicked might be condemned, (Doc. & Cov.
136:36-38,) but the marred man to whom Jesus was referring,
He was to heal, and give power to bring forth these last
records, and after the coming forth of the same, the unnght-
eous, rebellious and disbelieving factions of the Church were
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shown by comparing II Nephi 21 :5-ll with 30:11-18 is the indi-
vidual that is to bring forth the last and all records, and all
things else that are to be brought to light for the pouring out
of the Lord's spirit upon all flesh, for the ushering in of the
millennium and for the building of the New Jerusalem and the
great holy temple preparatory for the second coming of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Those sacred and last records
and instruments of antiquity, (I Nephi 13:39-41; His. Rec. Vol.
7, 1st Chap, last verse,) as Alma says will be a sceptre of power
in the hands of the one who brings them forth, for Alma says:
God is reserving them for this express purpose, to show forth
his power unto future generations, Alma 37:2-19, Rom. 9:33;
Isaiah 28:16. These sacred records and instruments of antiquity
must accomplish the object of their destination for God hath
spoken it, Alma 37:4, 14, 18, 19; I Nephi 13:39-41.

THE LORD SHALL RISE UP, BEING WROTH, AND VIN-
DICATE THIS LAST MIGHTY SERVANT OF HIS.

The Lord shall rise up and be wroth, why? Because the
people of his church will reject the testimony of his servant,
and mar and cast him out of the Church (Isaiah 66:2-6,) and
speak evil against this root of Jesse, therefore the Lord will
make bare his holy arm being wroth, and bring to pass His
strange act, (Isaiah 28:21; Doc. & Cov. 95:4; 101:89-95;) One
part of which will be in the coming forth of these last records
in rather a strange manner, strange according to the man-made
order of the Church way of thinking as has been shown and
proven in this article. Moroni said, And whoso receiveth this
record (the Book of Mormon) and shall not condemn it because
of the imperfections which are in it, the same shall know of
greater things than these, behold I am Moroni; and were it pos-
sible I would make all things known unto you, Mormon 8:12;
III Nephi 5:8-19, Ether 4:13; 4 Nephi 1:47-49; Alma 37: Hele-
man 3:13-16. Now therefore be yet not mockers lest your
bands be made strong, for I have heard from the Lord God
of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth,
Isaiah 28:22.

103-
DAY OF PEACE WHEN BOOK OF MORMON CAME FORTH

And no one need say these (records) shall not come for
they surely shall, for the Lord hath spoken it; for out of the
earth shall they come, by the hand of the Lord, and none can
stay it, and it shall come in a day when it shall be said that
miracles are done away; and it shall come even as if one
should speak from the dead (how literally this was fulfilled
when the Prophet Joseph Smith brought forth thex Book of
Mormon) Orson Pratt's Divine Authority, page 14 says, it
was a day of universal peace. Thomas' School History, pages
228-288 says, there had been thirty years of peace.

LAST AND ALL RECORDS TO COME FORTH IN
DAY OF TROUBLE AND WAR, ETC.

And it (records) shall come in a day when the blood of the
saints shall cry unto the Lord because of secret combinations
and the works of darkness; (very applicable today) Yea it
(records) shall come in a day when the power of God shall be
denied and Churches become defiled and shall be lifted up in
the pride of their hearts; yea, even in a day when leaders of
Churches and teachers, in the pride of their hearts, even to
the envying of them who belong to their churches; (such con-
ditions exist today) Yea, it (records) shall come in a day when
there shall be heard of fires and tempests and vapors of smoke
in foreign lands; (these conditions are prevalent today) and
there shall also be heard of wars, rumors of wars and earth-
quakes in diverse places (according to this scripture today is
an appropriate time for these last records to come forth) yea,
it (records) shall come in a day when there shall be great
pollutions upon the face of the earth; there shall be mur-
ders, and robbing, and lying, and deceivings, and whoredoms,
and all manner of abominations; when there shall be many who
will say, do this, or to that, and it mattereth not, for, the Lord
will uphold such at the last day. But woe unto such, for they
are in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity, Yea,
it (records) shall come in a day when there shall be churches
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you shall be forgiven of your sins, Mormon 8:21-32.
The Books of Mormon came in a day of peace, in the midst
of peace, Thomas' School History says there was thirty years
of peace, page 228-288, and Orson Pratt says, when Joseph
Smith brought forth the records it was in a day of peace, he
uses the following language: "The glorious constitution of
that great and free people proclaimed religious freedom to
every son and daughter of Columbia's soil; yet, in the midst
of that boasted land of freedom and religious rights, where
universal peace seemed to have selected her quiet dwelling-
place, the voice of a great Prophet is hard predicting the rise
of the latter-day Church, and the bloody persecutions that
should follow her from City to City, and from synagogue to
synagogue." Orson Pratt's Divine Authority, pp. 14. But the
Prophet Mormon says: "That records are to come in a day
of wars, rumors of wars, earth-quakes, fires, tempests and
vapors of smoke in foreign lands (evidently volcanoes) and all
manner of wickedness and abomonation and disturbences upon
the face of the earth." Mormon 8:29-31. (Very different con-
ditions, from those when the Book of Mormon came forth.) The
conditions existing upon the face of this earth today (in the
the year 1922) are in every way very fitting and commensu-
rate with the conditions Mormon describes that should exist
when these last records and instruments of antiquity were to
come forth. The Lord, in speaking to the Prophet Joseph
Smith, Jr. said: "And also that you might be honored of lay-
ing the foundation, and of bearing record of the land upon
which the Zion of God shall stand," (Doc. & Cov. 58:7-11;
136:36-38; 56:18; 104:16,) and also that a feast of fat things
might be prepared for the poor; yea, a feast of fat things of
wine on the lees, well refined, that the earth may know that
the mouths of the Prophets shall not fail; Yea a supper of the
House of the Lord, well prepared unto which all nations shall
be invited. Firstly, the rich and the learned, the wise and
the noble; and after that cometh the day of my power: then
shall the poor, the lame and the blind and the deaf, come in
unto the marriage of the Lamb, and partake of the supper of
the Lord, prepared for the great day to come. Doc. & Cov^

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58:7-11; Isaiah 25:6-12; 11:5-11; II Nephi 30:10-18; Doc. & Cov.
104:16; 101:85-95; I Nephi 14:14; Doc. & Cov. 1:14. In the
day of God's power (the powerful awakening) the poor, the
lame, the blind and the deaf will be cared for and made to
rejoice, Doc. & Cov. 58:7-11. This day of power will come as
Nephi says, after the Church is established upon the earth and
at the time when the Saints of the Lord, or Church of the
Lamb, have small dominion on the different parts of the
earth, and at a time when multitudes from among all the na-
tions of the gentiles, will combine to fight against the Church
of the Lamb of God, I Nephi 14:12-14; Doc. & Cov. 101:85-95.
The Prophet Joseph Smith revealed that the day of power shall
come after the Gospel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints had been established upon this land and preached
to the gentiles unto the ends of the earth, (Joseph Smith's
mission and calling was to gather the elect Doc. & Cov. 29:7)
and then the arm of God would be revealed in power and
convince the Jews, the heathen nations and the house of
Joseph of the Gospel of their salvation. Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11;
I Nephi 13:39-41; II Nephi 3:11, 24. This time being after
the Church had been persecuted and the Saints had done
about what they could do naturally to maintain their rights
and privileges, Doc. & Cov. 123:6-17.

AN APOSTATE ELEMENT TO BE IN THE CHURCH
ACCORDING TO PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR.

Joseph certainly must have meant the Saints and not the
apostate element that President John Taylor said would exist
in the Church, (He, President Taylor, said the time would come
when half of this Church would apostatize and perhaps half
of the remaining half. At the time when making this pro-
phecy he stood in a halo of light, suspended about a foot above
the floor, and spoke with mighty power. Attested to by four
eye and ear witnesses who heard him make the above prophecy
September 27, 1886. Witnesses: John W. Woolley, Loren C.
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BRIGHAM YOUNG'S PROPHECY.

In a conference held at Provo City, Utah Territory, in the
year 1867, in the bowery, on the north-west corner of the
now Provo Commercial Bank block, President Brigham Young,
in the course of a sermon he was delivering to the people, made
the following prophecy: "Brethren, this Church will be lead
onto the very brink of hell by the leaders of this people, then
God will raise up the one "Mighty and Strong" spoken of in
the 85th Section of the Doctrine & Covenants to save and re-
deem this Church." Attested to by Joshua Jones who made
a minute of it at that time and now has it in his diary. He
is now (June, 1922) at Provo City, Utah. The sending of this
one "Mighty and Strong" the Lord has purposed for the sal-
vation of the honest in heart among his people, and to be the in-
itiative to bring about the great blessing the Lord has in
reserve to cause the poor, the lame, the deaf, and the blind to
rejoice.

UNITED ORDER AND CONSECRATION NECESSARY.

The United Order by consecration, as we have and will
show, is to be instituted and maintained in the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, after the apostate element has
been excluded therefrom. The Lord says: That it is not given
that one man should possess that which is above another,
wherefore the world lieth in sin, Doc. & Cov. 49:20. And it is
my purpose to provide for my Saints, for all things are mine;
But it must needs be done in mine own way; and behold this
is the way that I, the Lord, have decreed to provide for my
Saints, that the poor shall be exalted, in that the rich are made
low. Doc. & Cov. 104:15, 16. And behold thou wilt remember
the poor and consecrate of thy properties for their support,
that which thou hast to impart unto them, with a covenant and
a deed which cannot be broken; for it shall come to pass, that
which I spake by the mouths of my Prophets, shall be fulfilled;
for I will consecrate of the riches of those who embrace my
Gospel among the gentiles unto the poor of my people who are
of the House of Israel, Doc. & Cov. 42:30, 39. Behold, I say
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speaking concerning the Church and not individuals, they
might have been redeemed even now, (the United Order by
consecration is the redemption foundation of this Church,
Doc. & Cov. 105:3-6, 34) But behold, they have not learned to
be obedient to the things that I require at their hands (United
Order by consecration) but are full of all manner of evil, and
do not impart of their substance as becometh Saints, to the
poor and afflicted among them, and are not united according
to the Union required by the law of the Celestial Kingdom;
and Zion cannot be built up unless it is by the principles of the
law of the Celestial Kingdom, otherwise I cannot receive her
unto myself. And my people must needs be chastened until
they learn obedience, if it must needs be, by the things which
they suffer, Doc. & Cov. 105:2-6, 34. Thus we see according
to the word of God, the blessings of the United Order by
consecration, are the feast of fat things (the marriage supper
of the Lamb) and the foundation premise upon which the
redemption of Zion is predicated, Doc. & Cov. 105:1-6. This
great feast is to be prepared for the poor, the lame, the deaf
and the blind, Doc. & Cov. 58:7-11. This is the law of the
Celestial Kingdom that must be complied with by all people,
in order to be redeemed, and to be at the marriage feast of the
Lamb, and partake of the supper of the Lord, in the land of
the New Jerusalem, Jackson County, Missouri, Psalms 132:
13-16; Doc. & Cov. 84:2; 76:62-70. According to the word of
the Lord, this law is the only way whereby this Church will
ever be acceptable unto Him. Doc. & Cov. 105:5. For with-
out living this Celestial Order, the members of this Church
would not be fit subjects to be affiliated with the Saints of
the City of Enoch who live the Celestial United Order of God,
for they are to return to earth and join the Saints in the Land
of the New Jerusalem, Pearl of Great Price Chap. 7:18, 21,
62-64. The Celestial Order is to cause the poor and afflicted
to rejoice as did the Celestial Order of Enoch cause the people
of Enoch to rejoice, (Pearl of Great Price Chap. 7:18,) and is
to prepare the Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints to dwell with God, as also did the order of Enoch
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Law, (United Order by consecration,) must be re-established
and maintained in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints in connection with all other Celestial Laws, including
plurality of wives, etc., Isaiah 4: II Nephi 14: Doc. & Cov. 132:
The setting of the Church in order cannot be attended to until
after Zion's redemption, (Doc. & Cov. 105:34,) which redemp-
tion will be attended to when the Lord raises up the man like
unto Moses, (a President) as spoken of in the 85th section of
the Doctrine and Covenants, 7th verse, to attend to this great and
mighty work and not before this time (Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18;
105:34,) for the Lord says, "And let those commandments
which I have given concerning Zion and her law be executed,
and fulfilled, after her redemption," Doc. & Cov. 105:34. As
has been shown in this article, this "Mighty and Strong Man"
like unto Moses, root of Jesse, Indian Prophet, must be raised
up and bring forth the last and all records and instruments
of antiquity that the Lord may show forth his power in them
and vindicate his Gospel that was established upon this earth,
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, through
the instrumentality of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jun. This
"Mighty and Strong Man," who is to be raised up, will set
the Church in order in kec^inr v/lth the law of the United
Order by consecration, and will establish other laws that
pertain to the Celestial Kingdom, in order that the Lord
may receive this Church unto Himself, (Doc. & Cov. 105:5,)
in the land of the New Jerusalem, Jackson County, Missouri,
Doc. & Cov. 84:2; 49:24, 25; 42:36; 101:6-21.
JOSEPH SMITH, THE PROPHET'S MISSION DESCRIBED.
The servant spoken of in the 4th verse of the 113th Section
of the Doctrine and Covenants evidently is the Prophet Joseph
Smith, who had much power laid upon him. Joseph was cir-
cumscribed and limited in his work, III Nephi 26:6-12; Doc.
& Cov. 5:9; II Nephi 27:21, 22; His. Record Vol. 7, 1st Chap,
last verse. For Joseph the Prophet did not reveal the contents
of the sealed records, nor the twenty-four golden plates that
Ether made, nor the brass plates, nor all of the large and
small plates of Nephi and many other records, nor did he bring
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and sacred relics and instruments of antiquity, Alma 37: III
Nephi 5:8-17, Heleman 3:13-16. Joseph the Prophet only
brought forth the lesser part, the unsealed portion of Mor-
mon's abridgement, which he (Mormon) made from the plates
of Nephi, III Nephi 26:6-12. Joseph the Prophet translated
the unsealed part of Moroni's abridgement which Moroni made
from the twenty-four golden plates that Ether made, the acount
of which is given in the Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon,
(Ether 5:1-6; 1:1-5; III Nephi 5:15-17; Moroni 1:1,) so we see
Joseph Smith the Prophet only brought forth the lesser part,
which is called much of Christ's Gospel, III Nephi 26:6-12; I
Nephi 13:34,) and that part only which was wisdom in the Lord
to come forth first to try the faith of the people, III Nephi
26:6-11; Doc. & Cov. 5:9; 6:26, 29. This lesser part was to
come forth as the introductory feature in the plan of redemp-
tion to lay the foundation of the Church and to try the faith
of the people (III Nephi 26:9; Doc. & Cov. 58:7-11,) and
prepare them for the day of his power when all records are
to come forth, (meaning the greater things, etc., Ill Nephi
26:6-11; I Nephi 13:39-41, III Nephi 21:9-11; Mormon 5:12-15;
His. Rec. Vol. 7, 1st Chap, lest verse,) by the man like unto
Moses, (Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18,) the "Mighty and Strong" root
of Jesse, Indian Prophet and last servant, Doc. & Cov. 85:7;
II Nephi 21:5-11 in comparison with 30:10-18; II Nephi 3:11,
24, 27:11, 21, 27.

THE MIGHTY AND LAST SERVANT THE ROOT
OF JESSE'S MISSION.

Moroni says whoso findeth the twenty-four golden plates
that Ether made, the same will have power to get the full
account, (Ether 1 :4,) then he it is who finds the last records
will have power to translate the same, even the sealed part,
in order to give the full account. And the day cometh that
the words of the Book which were sealed shall be read upon
the house tops; and they shall be read by the power of Christ:
and all things shall be revealed unto the children of men,
which ever have been among the children of men, and which
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21, 22; 30:16-18; Alma 37:. The Lord has promised that the
sealed records, together with other sacred records and instru-
ments of antiquity, (from an unknown hiding place. This
was stated in Joseph's time after the hill Cumoriah was known)
are to be given to this people in this dispensation, together
with other sacred records and instruments of antiquity. His.
Rec. Vol. 7, 1st Chap, last verse.

GEO. T. PEAY'S STATEMENT ABOUT RECORDS IN UTAH.

George T. Peay, Sr., now deceased (June 1922) who re-
sided in Provo City, Utah, says he heard Pres. Brigham
Young, while standing on the veranda of the Lion House,
in Salt Lake City, Utah, in connection with some others,
make the following statement, with his left foot upon the
east lion, took the index finger of his right hand and pointed
south toward Provo and said, "I can see to where the sealed
records, the sword of Laban and many other records and
instruments of antiquity are buried, in connection with gold
enough to pave two of the streets of Salt Lake City." This
George T. Peay, Sr., told me (the writer of this article) many
times during the period of twenty five years of our intimate
acquaintance.

LAST RECORDS TO COME FORTH.

It is prophesied that the Brass Plates and other records
and instruments of antiquity should be kept and handed down
from one generation to another, until they should go forth
unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, that they should
know of the mysteries contained thereon. (Alma 37:4).

Alma told his son Helaman the Lord had entrusted him
with these sacred things in which the Lord intended to show
forth his power to future generations. (Alma 37:14, 18, 19).
Alma further says, the Lord showed forth his power in them
and brought many thousands of the Lamanites to the knowl-
edge of the truth, and that he will keep and preserve them
to show forth his power unto future generations. (Alma
37:19.)

Ill

The corner stone of our faith is the words of Jesus Christ;
for without such, we could not exist as a church; and every
word is binding, whether by direct revelation today or that
which is recorded in Holy Writ. Alma says, the Lord intends
to show forth his power in the words of Jesus Christ as con-
tained on records yet to come to light in connection with other
sacred instruments of antiquity. Now, as the Lord has shown
forth his power in these sacred things and converted thousands
to the Gospel truth it will be seen that they are tried and
found to be precious, for in these instances, they have proved
effectual in restoring many to the knowledge of the truth.

The Lord says, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a
stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure founda-
tion: he that believeth shall not make haste. (Isaiah 28:16).
This tried stone must either be Jesus Christ himself, or his
word and handiwork as contained in the aggregation of rec-
ords, and instruments of antiquity. Which is it? Joseph
Smith, the Prophet said, after having completed the work the
Lord had intrusted him with, he delivered the records back
to Moroni, who still has them in charge. The Lord has prom-
ised that the sealed part of the records shall, in his own due
time, be given to his people in this dispensation, together with
other sacred records, and instruments of antiquity, the hiding
place of which is not yet known. (Historical Record, Vol. 7,
1st Chap, and last verse). But Isaiah says the tried stone
is to be laid in Zion. He also says the glorious beauty is on
the head of the fat valley. But it shall be a fading flower.
(Isaiah 28:4). Though these records are spoken of in many
places in the Scriptures, and their coming forth to this people,
to reveal all that ever was revealed, and more too, (See II
Nephi 27:10 and Ether 3:25-27 a glorious beauty) is foretold
by many prophets, yet we seldom hear anything said about
them (A fading flower) except by a few obscure individuals
who are supposed to be on the way to apotasy.

Evidently these sacred things are the tried stone which
Isaiah said the Lord would lay in Zion as a precious corner stone,
and a sure foundation. On this foundation, the Lord will main-
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disannul the covenant with death, and perform his strange
act that he may pour out his spirit upon all flesh. (See Isaiah
28:15-18). Alma says, these things are kept for a wise purpose
that the Lord may show forth his power. The Doctrine and
Covenants says the Lord will send one mighty and strong,
holding the scepter of power in his hand, to set his church in
order, and deliver his people out of bondage (into which they
have plunged themselves by the issuing of the Manifesto).
Jesus Christ says a man will be disbelieved and marred for
declaring to the people the coming forth of these last records,
in connection with which, the Lord will work a great and
marvelous work, and cut off all the unbelievers. This mighty
and strong one must bring forth records to fulfill these say-
ings of the prophets, because God's power is to be shown forth
in them, and they are means whereby God will reveal his arm
in power to deliver his chosen people.

Referring to the tried stone, the glorious beauty, Isaiah
says, This is the rest and the refreshing, yet they would not
hear. (Isaiah 28:12). The people must reject the testimony
of the coming forth of these last records, to fulfill prophecy.

The man who finds these last records is the one who is
to reveal or translate them and have power to get the full
account. The sealed records, together with other sacred re-
cords and instruments of antiquity, Joseph the Prophet says,
are to come forth to this people in this dispensation. Thus
we see the Lord's other servant, the root of Jesse, who finds
the twenty-four golden plates will find other records and in-
struments of antiquity with them, and he will bring forth
everything that has ever been revealed, that has been recorded
and hid up, to come forth unto the children of men, for the
express purpose of vindicating the Book of Mormon that
Joseph Smith brought forth, which contains the fullness of
the Gospel for the salvation of the children of men upon this
earth, Doc. & Cov. 18:3, 4; 20:8-12; 27:5, 13; 42:12. II Nephi
27:11, 21, 22; Doc. & Cov. 113:6; II Nephi 21:5-12; 30:10-18;
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wonders and do that thing which is great in the sight of God
in bringing to pass much restoration unto the House of Israel
and unto the seed of his brethren, (the Lamanites II Nephi
3:11, 24,) he will be like Moses of old, a President of the
Lord's Church upon this earth, (Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18; 107:
91, 92,) and redeem Zion, set the Church in order, (Doc. &
Cov. 90:16,) and establish all eligible and obedient people,
to the law of the Celestial Kingdom, in the land of Mount
Zion, the New Jerusalem. (Doc. & Cov. 84:2; 103:11-18; 49:
24, 25) and when there is no more room in the land of the
New Jerusalem, other places will be appointed and they shall
be called Stakes of Zion, Doc. & Cov. 101:6-21.

WHEN ROOT OF JESSE IS TO BE RAISED UP.
By comparing the 21st Chapter of II Nephi, verses 5-11
with the 30th Chapter of II Nephi verses 10-18, we can see
plainly when this man, who is spoken of in the sixth verse of
the 113th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants (the root of
Jesse) is to be raised up, who is to hold the keys of the King-
dom (the sceptre of power Doc. & Cov. 85:7,) in his hand
(Doc. & Cov. 81:2) and stands as an ensign for the gathering
of God's people in the last days. It will be when the Lord
sees fit, in His wisdom, to reveal all things unto the children
of men as the Lord told the Prophet Joseph in the following
language: "Touch not the things which are sealed, for I will
bring them forth in mine own due time: For I will show unto
the children of men that I am able to do mine own work. Where-
fore when thou hast read the words which I have commanded
thee, and obtained the witnesses which I have promised unto
thee, then shalt thou seal up the book, again and hide it up
unto me, that I may preserve the words which thou hast not
read until I shall see fit in mine own wisdom, to reveal all
things unto the children of men, 2 Nephi 27:21, 22. Joseph,
after having completed the work which the Lord had en-
trusted him with, delivered the records back to Moroni, who
still has them in charge. The Lord has promised that the
sealed part of the records shall, in His own due time, be given
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records and instruments of antiquity, the hiding place of
which is not yet known. His. Rec. Vol. 7, 1st Chap, last verse.
The scripture references show conclusively, that the root of
Jesse is to bring forth the last and all records, before the
great division can take place, and the blessed condition exist
with the righteous part of the people, for the ushering in of
the Millennial reign, II Nephi 21:5-11; 30:10-18; I Nephi 14:
12-14. Daniel says blest is he who waiteth and cometh to the
1335 days, which would be seventy- five years after the rise
of the Church, as we will show further along in this article,
Daniel 12:12. When this root of Jesse, (Doc. & Cov. 113:6;
II Nephi 21:10; 30:10-18) stands for an ensign to the people
(for he shall arise to reign over the Gentiles, Rom. 15:12,)
the Gentile's rest will be glorious, (if they will obey the laws
of the Celestial Kingdom II Nephi 30:2,) then the adversaries
of Judah shall be cut off, II Nephi 21:10-16; 30:10-18; Doc. &
Cov. 90:9-11. This cutting off of Judah's advarsaries is a
future time or event, or when the arm of God is revealed in
their behalf. Ill Nephi 20:35, 36; 21:9-11; I Nephi 13:39-41;
Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11. The Jews are to remain and not be
gathered until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled, (Doc.
& Cov. 45:25; III Nephi 16:4; Pearl of Great Price, Page 90
verse 41,) (Blindness in part is happened to Israel until the
fulness of the Gentiles be come in Luke 21 :24; Rom. 11 :25-27,)
and, the time of the Gentiles will be fulfilled when the Gospel
turns unto the Jews, which time will be when the arm of the
Lord is revealed in power, (at the time of the coming forth
of the last and all records, which is absolutely proven by com-
paring I Nephi 13:39-41 with Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11) in con-
vincing the nations, the heathen nations and the House of
Joseph of the Gospel of their salvation, (Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11)
which is in the coming forth of other books and last records as
was told unto Nephi by an angel of the Lord, I Nephi 13:39-41.

WHEN THE LORD SETS HIS HAND AGAIN THE

SECOND TIME IS THE LAST TIME.
This great day of power shall be in the day when the
Lord shall set His hand again the second time to recover the

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remnant of His people (II Nephi 21 :10, 1 1,) and in the day that
He shall set His hand again the second time, to recover His
people, is the day, yea, even the last time, that the servants of
the Lord shall go forth in power (when He makes bare His
holy arm I Nephi 22:10, 11; Jacob 6:2; I Nephi 14:12-14;
Doc. & Cov. 90:10) to nourish and prune His vineyard; and
after that, the end soon cometh, Jacob 6:2. The Lord pur-
poses to arm His people with righteousness and the power of
God in great glory before he condemns the nations, I Nephi
14:10-14. The arm of the Lord is to be revealed in power to
convince all nations of the Gospel of their salvation, (which
is a future event from June 1922,) and the last and convincing
act, God has purposed to leave mankind without excuse, before
the second coming of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. When
the Lord reveals His arm in power, every man shall hear the
fullness of the Gospel in his own language, through those who
are ordained unto this power.

FULLNESS OF GOSPEL TO BE PREACHED AFTER

LAST RECORDS COME FORTH.

This Church today has in it a representation of nearly all
nationalities, who are schooled in the Gospel, who could go,
if they were needed, to their respective mother nations, and
declare whatever message the Lord might se fit to have them
proclaim in their mother tongue, to the people of their respec-
tive lands or countries, Doc. & Cov. 90:10, 11. Wherefore la-
bor ye in My vineyard for the last time for the last time,
call upon the inhabitants of the earth; For in my own due
time will I come upon the earth in judgment (the coming
forth of the last records in connection with instruments of
antiquity is to be a convincing judgment act,) because men will
be left without excuse, I Nephi 13:39-41; Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11;
101:85-95. The Almighty will have performed one of His
judgment acts and then the great division can justly take
place, II Nephi 30:10. The righteous can then gather to the
promised land, the New Jerusalem, to be blessed of the Lord
forever, and all people can then choose for themselves whether
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Celestial Kingdom upon this earth, for they will then have
been left without an excuse. Then the unbelieving and rebel-
lious will be cut off from among the true and faithful Latter-
day Saints, III Nephi 21:9-11; Doc. & Cov. 85:9; 1:14. This
great division spoken of by Nephi, (II Nephi 30:10-18; I Nephi
14:7; Doc. & Cov. 112:23-26), is to be brought about and
consummated at and after the time of the coming forth of the
last and all records by the root of Jesse, as you will clearly
see by comparing II Nephi 21:5-11 with 30:10-8. The Lord's
people will be redeemed when this root of Jesse, "Mighty and
Strong Man," like unto Moses (the Indian Prophet, who is to
bring forth the last and all records is raised up, II Nephi
3:11, 24.

MILLENNIUM, WHEN TO TAKE PLACE.
The people of the Church cannot return to the living of the
United Order by consecration and plurality of wives, until
their redemption by the man like unto Moses, (Doc. & Cov.
103:11-18, 105:1-6, 34,) for the Lord says let those command-
ments which I have given concerning Zion and her law, be
executed and fulfilled after her redemption (Doc. & Cov.
105:34,) for the great millennium of which I have spoken by
the mouths of My servants shall come, Doc. & Cov. 43:28-30;
II Nephi 21:5-11; 30:10-18, (when the last and all records and
instruments of antiquity are brought forth). The building of
the Kirtland temple was designed, in one respect, in order
to prepare the Lord's apostles to prune His vineyard for the
last time, that he might bring to pass His strange act, that
He might pour out His Spirit upon all flesh, Doc. & Cov.
95:3, 4, 8. By comparing the scriptures, I Nephi 13:39-41,
with the Doc. & Cov. 101:89-95; 90:9-11, this performing of the
Lord's strange act for the pouring out of His spirit upon all
flesh, is shown to be in the coming forth of the last and all
records, which must be done before Zion can be redeemed and
returned to the land of the New Jerusalem in Jackson County,
Missouri, which redemption and return to Zion, the New Jeru-
salem, must be accomplished before the second coming of the
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Doc. & Cov. 49:22-25. Joseph

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Smith the Prophet, while standing at the south-east corner of
the Nauvoo Temple, January 20th, 1844, said: "I have tried for
a number of years to get the minds of the Saints prepared to
receive the things of God; but we frequently see some of them,
after suffering all they have for the work of God, fly to pieces
like glass as soon as anything comes that is contrary to their
traditions: they cannot stand the fire at all. How many will
be able to abide a Celestial law, and go through and receive
their exaltation, I am unable to say, as many are called, but few
are chosen." His. Rec. Vol. 7. In the day that the earth shall
be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the
sea, (II Nephi 21:9; 30:15) is the day when the root of Jesse
is to stand as an ensign of the people and is to rule over the
Gentiles, (Rom. 15:12; II Nephi 21:5-11; 30:10-18) which is
still in the future from June, A. D. 1922. When this root of Jesse
stands as an ensign of the people it is a day when all things that
have been revealed unto the children of men shall again be
revealed, which is also in the future; this saying must include
all records and instrument of antiquity that have been kept
sacred and hidden away, to come forth when it is wisdom in God,
(Heleman 15:11, 15, 16; Mormon 5:8, 12-15) that He may show
forth His power, (Alma 37:2-19,) and vindicate the Gospel of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the divine mis-
sion and calling of the Prophet Joseph Smith in the minds of all
the people of this world, (Alma 37:2-19; I Nephi 13:39-41; II
Nephi 30:16-18,) and also to usher in the millennial reign of
peace, II Nephi 30:10-18, Doc. & Cov. 43:28-35. The strange
act, as has been shown, is in the coming forth of the last
records, (III Nephi 21:9-11; II Nephi 3:11, 24,) by this man like
unto Moses, (Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18) in a strange manner; he
will be disbelieved and marred because he will be raised up
out of the ordinary expectation of the people, (II Nephi 3:24)
and the place he is to occupy is to be made vacant by a strange
and sudden death of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints; (Isaiah 28:21,) who will have been occu-
pying this position previous to this "Mighty and Strong One's"
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of this Church, as is spoken of, will certainly be a strange act.
Doc. & Cov. 85:7, 8.

WHY THE STRANGE ACT.

The Lord specifically describes this strange act in the fol-
lowing language: Addressing the Prophet: Joseph Smith
"Touch not the things which are sealed, for I will bring them
forth in Mine own due time: for I will show unto the children
of men that I am able to do Mine own work. Wherefore, when
thou hast read the words which I have commanded thee, and
obtained the witnesses, which I have promised unto thee,
then shalt thou seal up the book again, and hide it up unto
Me, that I may preserve the words which thou hast not read,
until I shall see fit in Mine own wisdom, to reveal all things
unto the children of men. For behold, I am God; and I am a
God of miracles: and I will show unto the world, that I am the
same yesterday, today, and forever; and I work not among the
children of men, save it be according to their faith. II Nephi
27:20-23.

And again it shall come to pass that the Lord shall say
unto him that shall read the words that shall be delivered him;
For as much as this people draw near unto Me with their
mouth, (which they could not do until after the Book of Mor-
mon was published for their perusal, meaning all people,
including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,)
and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their
hearts far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the
precepts of men, therefore I will proceed to do a marvelous
work among this people, yea, a marvelous work and a wonder:
For the wisdom of their wise and learned shall perish, and the
understanding of their prudent shall be hid. And wo unto
them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord. And
their works are in the dark; and they say, Who seeth us, and
who knoweth us? And they also say, surely, your turning of
things up side down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay.
But behold, I will shew unto them, saith the Lord of Hosts,
that I know all their works. For shall the work say of him
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Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Jesus owns no other, Ephesians
4:5; I Nephi 14:10; Doc. & Cov. 115:4,) He made me not? Or
shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no
understanding? Mormon 8:34, 38; Alma 37:6, 7; Doc. & Cov.
38:39; II Nephi 28:9; Isaiah 66:4-6; II Nephi 20:33, 34. This
"Mighty and Strong Man" like unto Moses will redeem Zion,
set in order the Church (I Tim. 3:15,) in restoring and esta-
blishing the laws of the Celestial Kingdom, that have been
forsaken, and cause the Gospel to turn unto the Jews, the
nations, the heathen nations, the house of Joseph and
to the Lamanites in power, in restoring them unto the
true fold of Christ, that they (the Lamanites) may do the
principle work as is spoken of in III Nephi 21:22-25, in the
building of the New Jerusalem.

THE MIGHTY AND STRONG SERVANT IS OF THE
LINEAGE OF JESUS CHRIST AND OF JOSEPH

THE SON OF LEHI.

This man like unto Moses is of the same lineage as Jesus
Christ, (Doc. & Cov. 113:6; Rom. 9:29,) for the keys, power and
authority of the Kingdom of God are in the lineage of Jesus
Christ, (Heber C. Kimball's History, page 48 and 185,) and will
be of Indian lineage or of the seed of Joseph, the son of Lehi,
as has been prophesied by Lehi, in the following language:
And there shall rise up one mighty among them (His rising up
makes part of the strange act,) who shall do much good both
in word, (in bearing testimony of the coming forth of these
last records, etc.,) and in deed (finally bringing forth the last
records, etc.,) being an instrument in the hands of God (III
Nephi 21:9-11) with exceeding faith (to endure this severe
marring spoken of) to work mighty wonders (as did Moses of
old) and to do that thing which is great in the sight of God,
unto the bringing to pass much restoration unto the House of
Israel and unto the seed of thy brethren, II Nephi 3:11, 24.
Thus we see the lineage of the "Mighty and Strong Man" like
unto Moses, who is to bring about this restoration to the house
of Israel; and unto the seed of his brethren, (the Lamanites)
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of the Latter-day Saint Church in the great conversion day of
the Lamanites, for the Lamanites are to be the principle
builders of the New Jerusalem, (III Nephi 21:22, 23,) therefore
their prophet representative, by lineage, after declaring this
strange work at the expiration of the 1335 years, or 1905 A. D.,
when the blessed condition should be ushered in will be marred,
(III Nephi 21:9-11,) cast out by his brethren (Isaiah 66:4-6,
this is the refreshing yet they would not hear, (Isaiah 28:12)
then after being marred for several years and in a time of
wars and rumors of wars, (Mormon 8:22-41,) and in a day of
God's wisdom, (Alma 37:2-19, Heleman 15:11-16, Mormon 5:
13-15,) the Lord will appear to this mighty servant's joy, and
they who have cast him out and marred him shall be ashamed,
Doc. & Cov. 85:8; Isaiah 28:21; 66:2-6; 66:6 also says: A voice
of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the
Lord that rendereth recompence to his enemies. After this
strange act, this marred one will do the great work as described
in the 85th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants and else-
where in holy writ, as has been shown in this article. This
"Mighty and Strong" servant who is the man like unto Moses,
who is also the much marred one, much marred because he fore-
tells the coming forth of the last and all records, etc., and that
the fulfilling of the Lord's strange act as spoken of in the
85th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants is to come to
pass as the foundational feature for the redemption
of Zion, preparatory for all worthy Saints who will abide
the law of the Celestial Kingdom, to return and inherit the
land of Zion, the New Jerusalem, in Jackson County, Missouri,
Doc. & Cov. 105:34; 103:11-18.

MOSES OF OLD TELLS OF THIS LAST AND MIGHTY
MOSES SERVANT, WHO IS TO ATTEND

TO THE GREAT CUTTING OFF.

Moses of old, said; a Prophet shall the Lord your God
raise up unto you like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things,
that all those who will not hear that prophet, shall be cut off
whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass
from among the people, Acts 3:22, 23.

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And now I, Nephi, declare unto you, that this Prophet of
whom Moses spake, was the Holy one of Israel, wherefore, he
shall execute judgment in righteousness, I Nephi 22:20, 21.
The Angel Moroni, when speaking to the Prophet Joseph
Smith, quoted Acts 3:22, 23, which speaks of this Prophet like
unto Moses, etc., he said that Prophet was Christ. Pearl of
Great Price, page 90, verse 40. Jesus Christ, when speaking
to the Nephites, said; Behold, I am He of whom Moses spake,
saying, a Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you
of your brethren like unto me. Him shall ye hear in all
things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come
to pass that every soul who will not hear that Prophet, shall be
cut off from among the people. Ill Nephi 20:23.

The Lord says; what I have spoken, I have spoken, and I
excuse not myself; and though the heavens and the earth pass
away, My word shall not pass away, but shall all be fulfilled,
whether by Mine own voice, or by the voice of My servants,
it is the same, Doc. & Cov. 1 :38. Then that which is translated
by the gift and power of God, as is contained in the Book of
Mormon and the revelations that are revealed in the Doctrine
& Covenants are as Christ's voice unto all people. The Lord
says: "And the arm of the Lord shall be revealed; and the day
cometh that they who will not hear the voice of the Lord, neither
the voice of His servants, neither give heed to the words of the
Prophets (in holy writ, etc.,) and apostles, shall be cut off
from among the people. For they have strayed from Mine
ordinances, and have broken Mine everlasting covenant Doc. &
Cov. 1:14, 15 (in issuing and sustaining the manifesto and said
Church article of 1905 and 1907) Nephi said; and the Lord will
surely prepare the way for His people, unto the fulfilling of the
words of Moses which he spake saying; A Prophet shall the Lord
your God raise up unto you, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all
things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to
pass, that all those who will not hear that Prophet, shall be
cut off from among the people, I Nephi 22:20. Jesus Christ
in speaking to the Nephites in the land of South America, upon
this continent, said; Therefore it shall come to pass, that who-
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whom the Father shall cause him to bring forth unto the Gen-
tiles, and shall give unto him power, that he shall bring them
forth unto the Gentiles, (it shall be done even as Moses said)
they shall be cut off from among my people who are of the cove-
nant. Ill Nephi 21:9-11; IV Nephi 35, 36. Joseph Smith, the
Prophet, brought forth records and therefrom translated the
Book of Mormon and established the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints upon this earth. In the course of con-
versation the Angel Moroni told the Prophet, Joseph Smith,
that the time had not yet come when they who would not hear
His (Christ's) voice (on records as His voice) should be cut
off from among the people, but soon would come (which will
be when last and all records and instruments of antiquity come
forth, which is future from this June 6th, 1922,) Moroni also
said the eleventh chapter of Isaiah was about to be fulfilled;
Isaiah 11:5-11 in comparison with II Nephi 30:10-18 show when
the root of Jesse is to stand for an ensign and bring forth
the last and all records, which is the time of the fulfillment
of the eleventh Chapter of Isaiah. Joseph Smith, the Prophet
after having completed the work which the Lord had entrusted
with with, delivered the records back to Moroni, who still has
them in charge. The Lord has promised that the sealed part
of the records shall, in His own due time, be given to His
people in this dispensation, together with other sacred records
and instruments of antiquity, the hiding place of which is not
yet known. His. Rec. Vol. 7, 1st Chap, last verse.

Jesus Christ specifically says the cutting off is to be done
after this marred servant of His, brings forth His, (Christ's)
words as contained on records, etc., Ill Nephi 21:9-11.

Behold, this is the blessing which I have promised after
your tribulations, and the tribulations of your brethren; your
redemption, and the redemption of your brethren, even their
restoration to the land of Zion, to be established no more to
be thrown down.

Nevertheless, if they pollute their inheritances, they shall
be thrown down, for I will not spare them if they pollute their
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Behold, I say unto you, the redemption of Zion must needs
come by power;

Therefore, I will raise up unto My people, a man, who shall
lead them like as Moses lead the Children of Israel,

For ye are the Children of Israel, and of the seed of Abra-
ham, and ye must needs be lead out of bondage, by power, and
with a stretched out arm;

And as your fathers were lead at the first, even so shall
the redemption of Zion be. Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18.

And Jesus Christ specifically says; That the day of cutting
off is to follow when this man like unto Moses is raised up
unto the people. Ill Nephi 20:23. Thus we are plainly shown
that this man like unto Moses is to be the marred man who
is to bring forth the last and all records, etc. It is plainly to
be seen that the cutting off was not done in the days of the
Prophet Joseph Smith, who was a man like unto Moses, II
Nephi 3:8, 9. The Lord gives a revelation through the Prophet
Joseph Smith upon this subject, showing the time for the
man like unto Moses to be raised up, to be when the Lord sees
fit to have him bring forth His, (Christ's) words (in records)
which is yet a future event; when He, the Lord, shall see fit
to return the scattered Saints from the land of the New Jeru-
salem, back to inherit the promised land which event is surely
in the future. Zion shall flourish upon the hills and
rejoice upon the mountains and the Lamanites shall blossom
as the rose, and shall be assembled to gather unto the place
appointed before the great day of the Lord shall come, Doc
& Cov. 49:24, 25.

In order to cause this rejoicing on the mountains, etc.,
and the Lamanites to blossom as the rose: this "Mighty and
Strong" Moses must and shall have brought forth the last and
all records, and instruments of antiquity, (I Nephi 13:39-41,)
in order to cause the great division, (II Nephi 30:10;) then
the worthy Saints are to be led back to the land of the New
Jerusalem by this "Mighty and Strong Man" like unto Moses
Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18.

The Lord says; therefore I will raise up unto My people,
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Israel, and ye must needs be lead out of bondage by power and
with a stretched out arm, and as your fathers were lead at
the first, even so shall the redemption of Zion be, Doc. & Cov.
103:11-18.

LEADERS OF THE CHURCH LIKE UNTO

PHARAOH OF OLD IN A MEASURE.
Thus it is plainly shown, by the just quoted sripture, how
the present leaders of the Lord's Church will act (towards
this modern Moses who is to be raised up, and how they will
treat the Latter-day Saint faction of the Church, who are in
sympathy with His work, who are looking and waiting for Him
to be revealed) the actions of the leaders, will be in a similar
manner, like unto the way Pharoah and the Egyptians acted to-
wards Moses and the Children of Israel anciently; Pharaoh and
his supporters would not listen to the entreaties of the Lord,
through Moses (because the Lord kept hardening Pharaoh's
heart in order that he might show forth the power of His mighty
arm in behalf of Israel, through His servant Moses, Rom. 9:17)
likewise the Lord will keep this modern Pharaoh president,
deaf, blind and dumb; so he will reject the testimony of this
modern Moses, and also so he will issue and sustain precepts
of men and advocate them to the people, which has been done
and is still being done because of the issuing and sustaining
the manifesto and the Church article of 1905 and 1907 and
other kindred acts, (Pharaoh rejected the entreaties of the
Lord, and the present leaders of Israel are rejecting the en-
treaties of the Lord, so Pharaoh leaders or presidents are very
appropriate names.) The blind leaders issue these precepts,
and in a measure justify themselves in them, because the Lord
in the revelation to Pres. John Taylor of Sept. 27, 1886 says:
"It is now pleasing to me that men should use their free
agency," yet he says: "I do not change, nor my law does not."

REVELATION TO PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR,

SEPTEMBER 27, 1886.

My son John, you have asked Me concerning the New and
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people; Thus saith the Lord, all commandments that I give
must be observed by those calling themselves by My name
unless they are revoked by me or by my authority, and
how can I revoke an everlasting covenant, for I, the Lord
am everlasting and My everlasting covenants cannot be
abrogated nor done away with, but they stand forever. Have
I not given My word in great plainness on this subject? Yet
have not great numbers of My people been negligent in the
observance of My law and the keeping of My commandments,
and yet have I borne with them these many years and this
because of their weakness, because of the perilous times, and
furthermore; it is now pleasing to Me that men should use
their free agency in regard to these matters; nevertheless, I
the Lord do not change and My word and My covenants and
My laws do not and as I have heretofore said by My servant
Joseph, all those who will enter into My glory MUST and
SHALL obey My law. And have I not commanded men, that
if they were Abraham's seed and would enter into My glory,
they must do the works of Abraham. I HAVE NOT REVOKED
THIS LAW, NOR WILL I, FOR IT IS EVERLASTING AND
THOSE WHO WILL ENTER INTO MY GLORY MUST OBEY
THE CONDITIONS THEREOF, Even so, Amen.

The Lord was specifically referring to the law of plurality
of wives, etc., in this revelation to President Taylor, as also is
upheld and sustained in the 132nd Section of the Doctrine &
Covenants, and in the revelation given to President Taylor in
1882. The modern Pharaoh leaders refuse to let the people go
(or in other words they advocate precepts of men, the mani-
festo and Church article of 1905 and 1907, and institute the
studying of various men's writings in the quorums of the
Priesthood, instead of the revelations of Almighty God as
contained in the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Cov-
enants, in which books the plan of redemption for modern
Israel is clearly revealed.) The hypocritical pollution teachers
of the holy Church of God (as Mormon calls them, Mormon
8:38). Pollutions are to be thrown down Doc. & Cov. 103:14;
50:6-8. These blind leaders will not listen to, or respect the
five revelations, viz: Doc. & Cov. 132:85: Rev. to President

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Taylor in 1882 and 18S6 and to President Woodruff in 1889,
which contain, "Thus saith the Lord to the people."

But instead thereof the Pharaoh leaders of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, advocate the support,
and study of their own precepts, (Manifesto and Church article
and the writings of men which the Quorums are now, and have
been studying for about twenty years.) The present leaders
of the Church are exercising their free agency, to the extent
of the exclusion of the five revelations of the Lord, to his
people as just referred to. Nephi says: The leaders of the
Lord's people will cause them to err and destroy the ways of
their paths. The Lord will enter unto judgment with the
ancient's of his people and the princes thereof; for ye have
eaten up the vineyard, and the spoil of the poor in your houses,
What mean ye? ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the
faces of the poor, saith the Lord God of hosts, II Nephi
13:12-15. Therefore will the Lord cut off from Israel head
and tail, branch and rush in one day. The ancient, he is the
head and the prophet that teacheth lies he is the tail, for the
leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are lead
of them are destroyed. II Nephi 19:14-16. II Nephi 26:29-31.
These quotations from the brass plates are to apply to the
Lord's people in the last days; II Nephi 11:8; 12:1-5; 25:7, 8;
Mormon 8:33. This cutting off is to be done because this blind,
modern Pharaoh leader, servant of the Lord, as was Saul,
before David was made King of Israel. I Sam. 31:3-5. I Sam.
9:10. I Sam. 15:10, 11, 23. I Sam. 18:8, 12. I Sam. 19:20. II
Sam. 5:3. I Ch. 11. Isaiah 42:18-20. This modern Pharaoh
leader who putteth forth his hand to steady the ark of God (like
plunging into the red sea of death, blindly attempting to hinder
the redemption of modern Israel) He shall fall by the shaft of
death like as a tree that is smitten by the vivid shaft of light-
ning, (his doom is sealed, like as Pharaoh of old who was swal-
lowed up in the red sea of death) Doc. & Cov. 85:8, and many
of the following of this modern blind leader (they be blind
leaders of the blind; and if the blind lead the blind, both shall
fall into the ditch. Matt. 15:14, Luke 6:39) will receive like
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received; they of old were cut off from the face of the earth,
but the blind followers of this modern Pharaoh leader of the
Latter-day Saints Church, will- be cut off from among the
people of the Lord and will not be privileged to return and in-
herit the promised land of the New Jerusalem, unless they
repent, etc. Ill Nephi 21:22-29. Doc. & Cov. 85:9-12.

ISAIAH SPEAKS OF THE DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND

SERVANTS, WATCHMEN AND SHEPHERD'S

OF THE LORD.

Isaiah does not speak in very complimentary terms, about
some of the Lord's watchmen, viz.: His watchmen are blind:
they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark
(no revelations, "thus saith the Lord" in thirty-three years to
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) sleeping,
lying down, loving to slumber, yea, they are greedy dogs,
which can never have enough, and they are shepherds (leaders)
that cannot understand; Isaiah 56:10. Matt. 15:14; Isaiah 9:16.
The Lord must be referring to his watchmen and his shepherds,
because he says: There is save two churches only, the one is
the Church of the Lamb of God, (Doc. & Cov. 115:3, 4,) and
that all other churches belong to the church of the devil. I
Nephi 14:10; Ephesians 4:5. So when the Lord uses the terms
"His watchmen" and "His shepherds," he must mean watchmen
and shepherds of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, for he says, this is the name by which His church shall
be known in the last days. Doc. & Cov. 1:30; 115:4; 20:1, I
Nephi 14:10. Isaiah further says: They all look to their own
ways, every one for his gain from his quarter, Isaiah 56:11.

The Lord says: Behold my servant (modern Moses) whom
I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put
my spirit upon him: He shall bring forth judgment to the
gentiles. Isaiah 42:1-9. The last and all records, etc., are
reserved to do this very thing, III Nephi 21:9-11; I Nephi
13:39-41; Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11; II Nephi 21:5-11, in comparison
with II Nephi 30:10-18 shows the root of Jesse to be this
"Mighty and Strong Servant" Rom. 15:12,

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The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he,
(modern Moses) will magnify the law and make it honorable,
Isaiah 42:21, Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18; 105:34. Judging from
the foregoing scriptural references, this last blind, deaf and
dumb, modern Pharaoh president of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, will give no revelations to the Church
as "thus saith the Lord," neither will he give ear to the revela-
tions to President John Taylor of 1882 and 1886 nor the one
to President Wilford Woodruff in 1889, neither to the 85th
Section or the 132nd Section of the Doctrine & Covenants.
But being blind, deaf and dumb, he will go backwards and be
snared and taken. Lamentations 3:47. This is the refreshing
yet they would not hear, Isaiah 28:12. This Pharaoh president
will advocate and maintain precepts of men, such as the mani-
festo and Church article of 1905 and 1907, etc. He will not be
cognizant of the fact that he is digging his own grave, and
sealing his own doom; by putting forth his hand to steady the
ark of God and that he is to fall by the shaft of death, etc.
(Doc. & Cov. 85:8,) but such is the plan of redemption for
modern Israel: Alma 18:39; 42:26.

The present authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, need thank their lucky stars, that they are
termed deaf, dumb and blind leaders by the Prophets of the
Lord, (Isaiah 42:18-20; 28:12; 56:10; Luke 1:20; Exo. 4:11)
that is, in a very great measure, for great mercy is to be
shown and extended unto the deaf, dumb and blind sinner, (I
Tim. 1:13; Luke 12:48; Doc. & Cov. 82:10; 45:54). It is rea-
sonably expected and assured, that they who ignorantly put
forth their hands to steady the ark of God, or assist and sanc-
tion such a thing or act, will not receive as great condemna-
tion and punishment as those who might knowingly commit
such a grievous offense; for although this non compos, mentis
leader (appertaining to this steadying the ark act, Doc. & Cov.
85:8) is to fall by the shaft of death, etc.; and his subordinate
contemporaries are to be cut off, (Doc. & Cov. 85:.) Their
doom will not be that of the sons of perdition, but will be that
of they who come under the head of the mercy plan, as
Saul (Acts 8:3; 22:6-30; 26:11-22) as David (Doc. & Cov,

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132:39; His. Rec. Vol. 7, Chap. 21, pp. 542) and they who know
not the law of the Lord, (Luke 12:48; 1 Tim. 1:13) When these
deaf, dumb and blind leaders' understandings are touched and
quickened; at the time the Lord performs his strange act, to
leave all men without excuse (Doc. & Cov. 101:93-95) they who
want to serve the Lord will then thank the God of Heaven
that they were kept in this non compos mentis condition inci-
dent and appertaining to the plan of redemption for the House
of Israel, etc., (Doc. & Cov. 85:). The "One Mighty and
Strong" who is to set the House of God in order (I Tim. 3:15)
and the one who putteth forth his hand to steady the ark of
God, and fall by the shaft of death, were each forordained to
their respective missions by the God of Heaven, according to
the Prophets of the Lord. Doc. & Cov. 85:7, 8; Alma 13:1-9;
His. Record, Vol. 7, Chap. 22, pp. 547; Eph. 1:11; Romans
9:20-23; Alma 18:39; 42:26.

The Lord has purposed this strange act, (Doc. & Cov. 85:7,
8; Isaiah 28:21; Doc. & Cov. 101:9-95; I Nephi 13:39-41;
14:12-14; III Nephi 21:9-11; Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18,) therefore
it is absolutely necessary that this modern (Pharaoh) president
and his supporters and advocates be deaf, blind and dumb as
was Pharaoh and his supporters anciently, in order that the
redemption of modern Israel be like Israel's redemption an-
ciently. Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18.

THE FALLING OF A PRESIDENT BY A SHAFT
OF DEATH NECESSARY.

The removing of a president of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints in the strange, wroth manner as spok-
en of, for putting forth his hand to steady the ark of God, is
absolutely necessary in order that the Lord may manifest him-
self in mighty power, and pour out his spirit upon all flesh
(Doc. & Cov. 95:4,) that all men may be left without excuse
that wise men and rulers may hear and know that which they
have never considered; that men may discern between the
righteous and the wicked saith your God, Doc. 101:93-95. The
Lord shall rise up, being wroth, and perform his strange act,
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president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is
to fall by the shaft of death, etc., and this modern Moses is
established in his stead, (Doc. & Cov. 85:7, 8.) Joseph Smith,
the Prophet, said in his letter to W. W. Phelps upon this
subject that it should come to pass in the last days.

This "Mighty and Strong" Indian Prophet, the root of
Jesse, unto whom rightly belongs the Priesthood and the keys
of the Kingdom, the sceptre of power, for an ensign is to super-
intend the gathering of the Lord's people in the last days,
(Doc. & Cov. 113:6; 81:2,) to Mount Zion, the New Jerusalem,
(Doc. & Cov. 84:2), the only place appointed, or that will be
appointed for the gathering of the saints before the great day
of the Lord shall come, which great day will be at the time
of Jesus Christ's second coming, Doc. & Cov. 42:36; 49:24, 25;
101:6-21; III Nephi 21:22-25.

ORSON PRATT FORETELLS THE COMING OF THE

"MIGHTY AND STRONG MOSES."

Orson Pratt, in addressing the Saints said, that "The
Mighty and Strong Moses" spoken of in the 103rd Section of
the Doc. & Cov. was yet to come to bring about the redemp-
tion of Zion, Journal of Dis. Vol. 21, pp. 150-154; Vol.
17, pp. 303 to 306. This "Mighty and Strong" man like unto
Moses is to be revealed unto the people and established in his
proper place at the time when the Gospel is to turn unto the
Jews, etc., which time is to be in a day of wars, and rumors
of wars, etc., Doc. & Cov. 45:26, 63. In the days of wars and
rumors of wars the times of the gentiles will be fulfilled, (Doc.
& Cov. 45:25, 26,) and the fullness of the gentiles will come in.

SOME STEADYING OF THE ARK ACTS.
The gentile Church, (Doc. & Cov. 109:60,) virtually closed
up their right to reign in 1904, A. D. at which time the authori-
ties of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sus-
tained the manifesto as a law unto the Church and said, they
who entered into polygamy would be excommunicated from the
Latter-day Saints' Church. Apostles John W. Taylor (and
Mathias F. Cowley and others, were dealt with accordingly.

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This act of this date, A. D. 1904, at the October conference,
intensifies the manifesto (covenant with death and agreement
with hell, steadying the ark act, Isaiah 28:15-21) which should
cause the Lord to be wroth. Isaiah 28:21, Doc. & Cov. 85:8;
Isaiah 66:5, 6; I Nephi 4:13; II Nephi 19:13-17) until he shall
finally rise up and perform his strange act, and cause a Presi-
dent to fall by the shaft of death, etc. The statement of the
Presidency of the Church in the Deseret News of 1905 and the
Improvement Era of 1907, that the 85th Section of the Doctrine
& Covenant is to be taken as being fulfilled and obsolete, and
at the October conference of 1918, at which conference the
President said, "all children born of polygamous parentage,
who had entered into polygamy since 1904, were illigitimate off-
spring; without authority from God to make such a statement,
which was contrary to the word of God, Doc. & Cov. 132:
President Taylor's revelation 1882 and 1886 and President
Woodruff's revelation of 1889. The authorities of the Church
ke the evangelical line of the Priesthood in making Hyrum
Smith Patriarch instead of his father, whose right it was.
emple ordinances have been changed since President Snow's
reign; now why? See Doc. & Cov. 1:14, 15; 64:34-41; II Nephi
12:2; 15:24; 25:7, 8. They further make the statement that
a Seventy or Elder holds only a part of the Melchisedek Priest-
hood and are also rejecting the last great work, "this is the
refreshing yet they would not hear," (Isaiah 28:2, 12, 17, 18,
21,) which is in the coming forth of the last records as spoken
of by Jesus Christ himself, III Nephi 21:9-11; God honors one,
and dishonors another to suit his purposes, Rom. 9:21.
THE LORD'S ANGER KINDLED AGAINST THE LEADERS

OF HIS (CHURCH) OF PEOPLE.

These steadying the ark acts, in laying the word of
the Lord on the shelf, and adopting and advocating
precepts of men, only serves to multiply and intensify the
wrath of Almighty God against the leaders of the Latter-day
Saint, gentile Church, (Doc. & Cov. 109:60) who maintain
and advocate these heretical ideas, of the former authorities
of his church, to cause the Almighty to fulfill those scriptures
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err, and destroy the way of thy paths. The Lord will enter
into judgments with the ancients of his people, and the princes
thereof, for ye have eaten up the vineyard and the spoil of the
poor in your houses, (II Nephi 13:12-26,) the Lord will cut off
from Israel head and tail, branch and rush in one day. The
ancient he is the head and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is
the tail, (II Nephi 19:14-16.) Mormon says, O ye pollutions, ye
hypocrites, ye teachers, who sell yourselves for that which will
canker, why have ye polluted the holy Church of God? etc.
(Mormon 8:38; Doc. & Cov. 50:6-8; 64:37-43; 107:82-84). The
Holy Church of God is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints, Doc. & Cov. 115:4; Ephesians 4:5; Nephi 14:10. Woe
unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and write grievous-
ness which they have prescribed, (II Nephi 20:1,) but the pro-
phet which shall presume to speak a word in thy name, which I
have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the
name of other Gods, even that Prophet shall die. Deut. 18:20.
Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have
no knowledge; and their honorable men have famished, and
their multitude dried up with thirst, (no revelations.) Woe unto
them that call evil good and good evil, that put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter, therefore as the fire devoureth the stub-
ble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, their root shall be
rottenness and their blossoms shall go up as dust, because
they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts (and issued
a Manifesto) and despised the word of the Holy one of Israel,
(II Nephi 15:24; Isaiah 24:5; Doc. & Cov. 1:15; 85:132: John
Taylor's revelation of 1882, 1886 and Wilford Woodruff's reve-
lation of 1889,) and in the stead of the 85th Section of the
Doctrine and Covenants; a spurious Church article is gotten
up, to explain away that holy and sacred revelation.
THE LORD TO RAISE UP AN ENSIGN.
Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against His
people, etc., and He the Lord will lift up an ensign to the
nations from afar. This "Mighty and Strong" man like unto
Moses, Indian Prophet, root of Jesse is to be raised up as an
ensign of the people and bring forth the last and all records
and rule over the Gentiles, Rom. 15:12, (Gentile Church, Doc.

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& Cov. 109:60,) (compare II Nephi 21:5-11 with 30:10-18 and
you will see clearly that this root of Jesse is the ensign to be
raised up to usher in the Millennial reign of peace, and (Rom.
15:12; II Nephi 21:10) shows he is to rule over the Gentiles,
and to him shall the Gentiles seek, and his rest shall be glori-
ous, II Nephi 15:13, 20, 24-30.) Because of the many pollution
acts, perpetrated against the work of the Lord by the leaders of
His Church, the anger of the Lord will be kindled against
them, as Isaiah says, (Isaiah 28:21; Isaiah 66:3-6) ; and a Presi-
dent will be smitten with a shaft of death, as the 8th verse of
the 85th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants and the 14th
to the 16th verses of the 19th chapter of II Nephi corroborates,
then this "Mighty and Strong" man like unto Moses, marred and
cast out Indian Prophet, the root of Jesse, unto whom rightly
belongs the Priesthood and keys of the Kingdom, for an ensign
and for the gathering of the Lord's people in the last days;
will become the Lord's chosen representative; for the Lord
will appear to this marred servant's joy, and establish him in
his proper place to redeem Zion, in setting the house of God in
order first, (the House of God, which is the Church of the living
God, I Tim. 3:15) then this root of Jesse, man like unto Moses,
will lead the worthy saints back to Jackson County, Missouri,
and direct their labors in building that city, New Jerusalem
and the Holy Temple, in that promised land.

HOW THE LORD'S GREAT LEADERS HAVE

BEEN TREATED.

In every age of the world, whenever and wherever God
has raised up unto His people mighty men as leaders; they
have been disbelieved and marred, and in many instances put
to death in various ways. History has repeated itself from the
days of righteous Abel, who was slain by his brother; until
the days of the Prophet, Joseph Smith, who was greatly
marred and finally murdered in cold blood. Joseph of old was
cast into a pit and finally sold to the Egyptians to get rid
of him, yet he was the chosen instrument in the hands of God
as a saviour in his father's house. Daniel of old was cast into
the den of lions; yet he was one of the choicest of the Lord's
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finally beheaded. Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of the world,
was accused of nearly everything that savored of evil, then
disowned by his own people, and crucified; Paul (called Saul
Acts 13:9) was hanged with his head downward. Every one
of the royal house was brought before Samuel, some of whom
expected to be annointed King of Israel, yet David, the Lord's
choice, was made to tend to the sheep, his brethren deeming
him of no consequence. Nephi, the Lord's chosen, was per-
secuted and put in chains by his brethren. Abinadi was burned
at the stake because he would do as the Lord told him; preach
the Gospel to his wicked brethren. Even the three Nephites
were cast into prison, dens of wild beasts, into the earth and
three times into a furnace, but God had wrought a change upon
them, so they could receive no harm. So it is to be expected
in keeping with the way the Lord's past great leaders have
been treated, that the last and final "Mighty and Strong One,"
the Lord is going to raise up, to do this great and last
redemption work, for the House of Israel, will be marred and
disbelieved and cast out, etc., yet finally healed of the Lord,
(III Nephi 21:9-11, Isaiah 66:5, Doc. & Cov. 85:7,) but in the
day of the Lord's wisdom, when He sees fit to perform His
strange act, (Isaiah 28:21,) this "Mighty and Strong One" will
be vindicated. 28: Isaiah, etc.

THE APPLICATION OF THE 28th CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.

IS TO THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY

SAINTS, IN THE FAT VALLEYS OF THE

ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

Isaiah 28 says: "Wo to the crown of pride, to the drunkards
of Ephraim." Ephraim's dwelling place shall be on the head
of the fat valleys. The Latter-day Saints claim to be of Ephraim,
and their dwelling places are in the fat valleys of the Rocky
Mountains, Isaiah 2:2; II Nephi 11:7, 8; III Nephi 23:1-5.
Isaiah says: They are to be overcome with wine, and out of the
way through strong drink (meaning beverage and various
other sins,) and their priest and prophet, (meaning leaders,
II Nephi 13:12-15; 19:13-17; 28:14,) are to err in vision and
stumble in judgment. This class of sinful Ephraimites in the
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ment with hell (or manifesto) or make lies their refuge and
under falsehood hide themselves; But their refuge and hiding
place is to be like as Isaiah says: "For the bed is shorter than
that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower
than that he can wrap himself in it." (Or like unto the story
about the actions of the poor, silly scared ostrich, when he thinks
he is about to be captured, puts his head under the leaf of a plant
or some other foolish place and thinks he is safely hid, but is
greatly exposed.) This foolish hiding place (manifesto) and
other kindred acts, made by the sinful drunkards of Ephraim
(Latter-day Saints' Church) will get the Lord's people or church
into bondage, Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18.

Ephraimites, means the descendents of Joseph who was
sold into Egypt, whose branches were to overrun the wall to
the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills; Gen. 49:26. This
privelege is not to the house of Judah, only, in so far as the
Lamanites, who have some of the blood of Judah in them, Doc.
& Cov. 19:27, through Mulek, the youngest son of Zedekiah
king of Judah. Mosiah 25:2-4; Omni 1:14-19; Heleman 8:21,
may be members of the Lord's house (or church) in the
top of the mountains, Isaiah 2:2, who are to be the principle
builders of the New Jerusalem upon the North American Conti-
nent. Ill Nephi 21:21-26.

Isaiah 28 uses the term, "ye scornful men that rule this
people which is in Jerusalem." The word "Jerusalem" is used
often in a general sense, meaning, a land of peace, the dwelling
place of the people of God; Isaiah 2:1, 2; 3: II Nephi 13:2:1, 2;
Doc. & Cov. 84:2; 57:1-3; 58:7; Pearl of Great Price, p. 38,
verses 18, 19; as the word Babylon which means confusion, and
represents the people of the world. Isaiah 28:2, 3; says: Behold,
the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, (similar as Joseph Smith,
the Prophet describes in the 85th section of the Doctrine & Cove-
nants) which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a
flood of mighty waters over-flowing, shall cast down to the earth
with the hand. The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim,
shall be trodden under feet. Isaiah further says: verses 15-18;
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destroying storm shall sweep away the refuge of lies and hid-
ing place; and disannull the covenant with death and agreement
with hell (manifesto) made by the scornful men (sinful
drunkards of Ephraim) in Jerusalem (in the fat valleys of the
mountains.) By comparing Isaiah 28: verses 1-3 with verses
14-17, it is proven the word "Jerusalem" is merely used to show
the dwelling place of the Lord's people or sinful drunkards of
Ephraim (with scornful men as their rulers) in the fat valleys
of the mountains, who are the very ones that are to make
this covenant with death and agreement with hell (manifesto,
etc.) so it is thoroughly proven that the word "Jerusalem"
used by Isaiah in the 14th verse of the 28th chapter, has no
application to Jerusalem of Palestine at all; but means the
dwelling place of the sinful drunkness of Ephraim of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the fat valleys
of the mountains in the last days, Isaiah 2:2.

Isaiah in the 28th chapter specifically refers to, and pic-
tures the foolish things the sinful drunkards of Ephraim will
do, who are prospective new Jerusalemites through the La-
manites, Doc. & Cov. 19:27; 42:9; III Nephi 21:21-25, and are
not Judahites in any other way. These wayward Ephraimites
Isaiah is talking about are to dwell in the fat valleys of the
Rocky Mountains. II Nephi 12:2; Gen. 49:26. Now because
of the existing of this awful sinful condition, the Lord will
rise up being wroth and perform his "strange act" and redeem
his people, or church out of this hellish muddle and bondage,
the sinful drunkards of Ephraim have plunged the house of
God into (I Tim. 3:15) Isaiah 28:21; Doc. & Cov. 85: 103:11-18;
101:93-95; 90:9-11; I Nephi 13:39-41; III Nephi 21:9-11; II
Nephi 3:11, 24; 21:5-11; 30:10-18; Isaiah 66:2-7.

WHEN MANIFESTO, ETC. TO BE DISANNULLED.

When this "Mighty and Strong" servant of the Lord is
raised up in a day of wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes,
fires and tempests and vapors of smoke in foreign lands, etc.
The Lord through this mighty servant will sweep away the
refuge of lies, (manifesto, etc.) set the church in order, and
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laws of the Celestial Kingdom in their inheritances in the
land of the New Jerusalem.

THE "MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE" THROUGH
NEPHITE LINEAGE.

The "Mighty and Strong" Indian Prophet referred to under
so many scriptural headings or names by various of the Lord's
prophets, Lehi refers to in addressing his son, Joseph, in the
following manner: Wherefore because of this covenant thou art
blessed; for thy seed shall not be destroyed, for they shall
hearken unto the words of the book, II Nephi 3:23.

And there shall rise up one mighty among them who
shall do much good, both in word and in deed, being an instru-
ment in the hands of God, with exceeding faith, to work mighty
wonders, and do that thing which is great in the sight of
God, unto the bringing to pass much restoration unto the house
of Israel, and unto the seed of thy brethren, II Nephi 3:11, 24.

So all speculation as to who, and what kind of a person,
this "Mighty and Strong One" is to be, is positively shown;
He is to be a continued seed of Lehi through His son Joseph
upon this earth, marred and healed, III Nephi 21:9-11,) cast
out and then the Lord is to appear to his joy and they who mar
him are to be ashamed, Isaiah 66:2-6.

NOT TWO BUT "ONE MIGHTY AND STRONG" TO

BE RAISED UP TO REDEEM ZION, ETC.
Doc. & Cov. 85:7 says:

I, the Lord God will send one (not two). Isaiah 28:2 says:
Behold, the Lord hath a "Mighty and Strong One." (not two)
II Nephi 3:24, Lehi says; And there shall rise up one mighty
among them, (not two), III Nephi 21:9-11, Jesus Christ says:
They will not believe it although a man (not men), shall de-
clare it unto them. And that his servant (not servants) shall
be marred. Yet he will heal him (not them.) This mighty
servant of the Lord is always spoken of in the singular number
by the various prophets who use different language, or
word painting, in picturing and describing this last, and
mighty servant, who is to do this last redemption work, for
and in behalf of the House of Israel.

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THE WISDOM OF THE CHURCH LEADERS HAS

MEASURABLY PERISHED,

The scriptural references in this article prove conclusively,
that the wisdom of the wise and learned leaders of this Church
has evidently perished, and the understanding of the prudent
is absolutely hid, in their attempt to explain away the 85th
Section of the Doctrine and Covenants. But had the strained
effort put forth in the article published by the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the Deseret News of 1905,
and the Improvement Era of 1907 attained the object of its
purposed endeavor it would only have succeeded in becloud-
ing one of the several terms, (word paintings) or nomancla-
tures by which this last, and mighty servant of the Lord is
designated. For elsewhere in holy writ, the Lord speaks of the
"Mighty and Strong" servant he has in reserve, to do this great
and mighty labor, for and in behalf of the House of Israel;
and also, to rule over the gentiles, etc., in the last days.

THE VARIOUS WAYS THE PROPHETS OF THE LORD
DENOMINATE THE "MIGHTY AND STRONG"

SERVANT OF THE LORD.

He is described in the following terms and ways, by various
of the Lord's prophets, thusly; Isaiah 28: says: The Lord has
a "Mighty and Strong One," which as a tempest of hail, as a
destroying storm, and as a flood of mighty waters, through
whom he is going to perform his strange act (it will certainly
be a strange act when the 85th Section of the Doctrine &
Covenant is fulfilled judging from the way many of the lead-
ing brethren, of the Church of Jesus Christ are acting and
talking about this said revelation.) Doc^ & Cov. 103:11-18
says: The Lord will raise up a man like unto Moses to deliver
his present day Church out of bondage and return the Saints
back to receive their inheritances in the land of Jackson
County, Missouri, for the purpose of building the great central
city and temple, preparatory to the Lord's second coming. This
man like unto Moses is to do exactly the same work as spoken
of in the 85th Section of the Doctrine and Covenant. Moses of
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president of the Lord's people, the same as the "One Mighty
and Strong" spoken of in the 85th section of the Doctrine &
Covenants is to hold the sceptre of power in his hand and be a
leader president of the Lord's people. The root of Jesse, (the
ensign) is to hold the keys of the Kingdom (sceptre of power)
in his hand and gather the Lord's people in the last days;
and rule over the gentiles, (Rom. 15:12; Isaiah 42:) and usher in
the millennium (after bringing forth all records) the same as
the "Mighty and Strong One" spoken of in the 85th Section
of the Doctrine & Covenants is to do and will do, II Nephi
21:5-11; 30:10-18; Doc. & Cov. 113:6; Alma 37:2-19. The mar-
red and healed servant Jesus Christ told the Nephites he was
going to give power to bring forth the last records, in which
the Lord's power was to be shown forth, Alma 37:2-19 Uhese
last records will be a sceptre of power in this marred servant's
hands.) Now, as the sceptre of power is to be held by the
"Mighty and Strong One" spoken of in the 85th Section of the
Doctrine and Covenants, he must be the marred servant, and
this marred servant is to establish the Lamanites, assisted
by the Gentile Saints, in the land of the New Jerusalem
and direct their labors in building that City and Temple.
Ill Nephi 21:9-25. This is exactly the mission the "Mighty
and Strong One" spoken of in the 85th Section of the
Doctrine and Covenants has to do.

The Indian Prophet, Lehi says, will rise up and bring to
pass much restoration unto the House of Israel and unto the
seed of his brethren (the Lamanites) He is to bring forth rec-
ords for the convincing them of God's word which shall have
already gone forth among them, II Nephi 3:11, 24. This con-
vincing act, is just exactly the very thing the last records are
to do (I Nephi 13:39-41, Mormon 5:12-15;) and exactly the
thing that is to be done, when the Lord reveals his arm in
power, Doc. & Cov. 1:14; I Nephi 14:12-14; Doc. & Cov.
90:9-11; III Nephi 20:34-37; 21:9-11. The restoration of the
house of Israel and the Lamanites is the kind of work this
Indian Prophet is to oversee and attend to, and is exactly
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to do, as spoken of in the 85th section of the Doctrine &
Covenants^

This mighty servant is called by the Lord; as having a
mouth like a sharp sword: as a polished shaft in his quiver, to
bring Jacob again to him, who is to be hid in the quiver of the
Lord, until the time arrives for him to commence his reign,
to restore the preserved of Israel, and as a light to the gentiles
and the Lord's salvation unto the ends of the earth: And to
cause to inherit the desolate heritage, Isaiah 49:1-8; I Nephi
21:1-8; Isaiah 42. This is the mission that the "One Mighty
and Strong" spoken of in the 85th Section of the Doctrine &
Covenants is to do. Isaiah says: Behold, the Lord hath a
"Mighty and Strong One", which as a tempest of hail and a
destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters over-flowing,
shall cast down to the earth with the hand. Judgment also
will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: And
the hail (the "Mighty and Strong One" as a tempest of hail)
shall sweep away the refuge of lies (manifesto and Church
article of 1905 and 1907) and the waters (this "Mighty and
Strong One" as a flood of mighty waters) shall overflow the
hiding place, and your covenant with death (manifesto and
Church article) shall be disannulled and your agreement with
hell (manifesto, etc.) shall not stand. When the overflowing
scourge shall pass through, then shall ye be trodden down by
it, for the Lord shall rise us as in Mount Perazim, He shall
be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work,
his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
(The fulfillment of the 85th section of the Doctrine & Cove-
nant and Isaiah 28:2, 17, 18, 21).

So it is plainly to be seen that Jesus Christ, Lehi, Isaiah,
Joseph Smith and others of the Lord's chosen Prophets,
must have been speaking of one and the self same "Mighty
and Strong" individual, whom the Lord shall deem fit to raise
up, to do this last and mighty work, for there is but one redemp-
tion, and one great division spoken of, before the return to
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, for the building of
the great city and Temple, preparatory for the Lord's second
coming. Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18; II Nephi 30:10.

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With the photographic featured work, created by the plain
and beautifulKjdelineated word picturing, made out of holy
writ, and obtained from so many different angles (or prophets
of the Lord) and each of the many protographic productions,
from the several points of vantage, being separate and distinct
from each other, yet each production clearly and forcibly pre-
senting to view, the one great character, the "Mighty and
Strong" servant of the Lord, to be raised up to redeem Zion,
etc. in the last days, as spoken of in the 85th section of the
Doctrine & Covenants and elsewhere. It is absolutely simple
mindedness, on the part of anyone to think, let alone to attempt,
to keep from view, the many angled photographs made of
"Thus Saith the Lord" in holy writ, of this mighty servant yet
to come; by trying to destroy one of the beautiful portraits
made of him, when the Bible, Book of Mormon and Doctrine
and Covenants are full of this "Mighty and Strong One's"
imagery.

HOW TO GET RID OF THE "MIGHTY AND STRONG
ONE'S" IMAGERY OR THAT OF THE PRESIDENT'S

WHO IS GOING TO PUT FORTH HIS HAND TO
STEADY THE ARK AND FALL.

By the way, one thing that could be done, to get rid of
this "Mighty and Strong One's imagery would be to eliminate
chapter after chapter, and verse after verse, from those sacred
books; or even better than that, continue to do as the Church
has been doing for approximately twenty years or so: Don't
allow the various quorums of the Priesthood to study the Book
of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants in the Quorums
at all, but instead thereof, have them become thoroughly and
intimately acquainted with the works of President Joseph F.
Smith, Brothers J. M. Tanner, B. H. Roberts, James E. Tal-
mage, Joseph F. Smith, Jr., N. T. Porter and others, and, so
far as I am able to judge, you will not be at all bothered, or
have your mind put in a flurry by coming in contact with any
word protographs or even the semblance of features, resemb-
ling in any manner the imagery of the "Mighty and Strong One"
spoken of in the seventh verse of the 85th Section of the Doc-

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trine & Covenants, whom the Lord is going to send to set
His church in order, or be at all disturbed in your feelings, by
accidentally or incidentally coming across a sentence some-
thing like this: "while that man who putteth forth his hand
to steady the ark of God, shall fall by the shaft of death,
like as a tree that is smitten by the vivid shaft of lightning" as
we find recorded in the 8th verse of the 85th section of the
Doctrine & Covenants.

Some people do and will say: Why this strange act? The
answer comes, because men in authority put forth their hands
to steady the ark of God by issuing and sustaining the mani-
festo, in the face of "thus saith the Lord," to the contrary, as
set forth in the Doctrine & Covenants, 132nd section: the reve-
lations to this Church through President John Taylor in 1882
and 1886 and the Revelation to President Wilford Woodruff to
this Church in 1889, all of which advocates the continued prac-
tice of plurality of wives: Yet in the face of these revelations
from Almighty God; the authorities of this Church today, in
the year of our Lord, June, 1922, are upholding and maintain-
ing the manifesto (or a precept of men) instead of "thus saith
the Lord" as set forth in the four revelations just referred to.
And furthermore the church article, that says the 85th section of
the Doctrine & Covenants is to "be considered as having passed
away and the whole incident of the prophecy closed." (Some
more precepts of men) published in the Deseret News of 1905
and the Improvement Era of 1907.

WO UNTO THOSE WHO BETRAY THE REVELATIONS
OF GOD OR WRITE AND ADVOCATE PRECEPTS

OF MEN.

The Lord says: Woe unto those who betray the revelations
of God whether in the Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and
Covenants, or any others that ever were or ever will be given,
Gems of Joseph Smith, page 270. II Nephi 28:32; Doc. & Cov.
109:60; 45:28-29.

Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and write
grievousness (manifesto and Church article of 1905 doing
away with Doc. & Cov. 85th section and the 132nd section and

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the two revelations to President John Taylor and one to Presi-
dent Wilford Woodruff) which they have proscribed, II Nephi
20:1; Isaiah 10:1.

But behold, there are many that harden their hearts
against the Holy Spirit, that it hath no place in them; where-
fore they cast many things away which are written, (Doc^ &
Cov. 85:132:. John Taylor's revelations of 1882 and 1886, and
Wilford Woodruff's revelation of 1889) and esteem them as
things of naught, II Nephi 33:2.

WHY A PRESIDENT TO FALL BY A SHAFT OF DEATH.
But that Prophet that shall presume to speak a word in my
name, which I have not commanded him to speak, etc., even
that prophet shall die, Deut. 18:20. The Lord says: All he has
spoken will be fulfilled, Doc. & Cov. 1 :37, 38. To the law and
to the testimony, and if they speak not according to this word,
it is because there is no light in them. II Nephi 18:20; Isaiah
8:20. Some of the leading brethren of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints say the Lord will not cause a Presi-
dent to fall by a shaft of death like as a tree smitten by the
vivid shaft of lightning, etc., they say the Lord will not dis-
honor His Prieshood in any such a way. The Lord says: That
the rights of the Priesthood are inseparately connected with the
powers of heaven, etc., and if exercised in any degree of un-
righteousness, behold the heavens withdraw themselves; the
Spirit of the Lord is grieved, and when it is withdrawn, amen
to the priesthood or authority of that man, Doc. & Cov. 121:
36-39; Matt. 24:45-51; Doc > & Cov. 42:59, 60. Let us see how
the Lord dealt with some great men of the world and
some of His ancient leaders who had charge of the
affairs of His Church and ignored the will of the Lord
to them, either in holy writ or otherwise. Nebuchadnezzar, the
King, spake and said, is not this great Babylon that I have
built for the house of the Kingdom by the might of my power
and for the honor of my majesty? While the word was in the
King's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O King
Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The Kingdom is departed
from thee. And they shall drive thee from men, and thy

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dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, etc., until seven
times pass over thee (2520 years) Dan. 4:30-32. Belshazzar
made his great feast and drank wine out of the golden vessels
taken out of the temple; and praised the gods of gold, silver,
brass, iron, wood and stone; then came the hand writing on
the wall (like the hand writing on the wall of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as recorded in the 85th sec-
tion of Doctrine & Covenants) weighing the king in the bal-
ance and finding him wanting, and that night was the king
slain, Dan. 5:.

David, King of Israel, because he placed Uriah at the
front in battle and had him slain, then took unto himself the
wife of Uriah, etc., though previous to the committing of that
rash act, was highly favored of the Lord, but because he com-
mitted these grievous offenses, he lost all, and fell from his
exaltation. The only promise David received from the Lord
after sorely repenting, was that he should not die, or that his
soul should not be left in hell, II Sam. 12:8, 11, 15, 16; 16:20
-23; 20:3.

Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together
before the rock, and he said unto them, hear now ye rebels;
must we fetch you water out of this rock?

And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote
the rock twice; and the water came out abundantly, and the con-
gregation drank, and their beasts also.

And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, because ye
believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of
Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the
land which I have given them. Num. 20:9-12.

Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen
stumbled, (manifesto made in 1890, made a law unto the
Church in October conference 1904 and 85th Section of Doc-
trine and Covenants explained away in 1905, these are steady-
ing the ark acts) and the anger of the Lord was kindled against
Uzza (as it soon will be against the man that putteth forth
his hand to steady the ark, as spoken of in the 8th verse of
the 85th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants) and he smote

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him, because he put his hand to the ark; and there he died
before God^ I Chron. 13:9-12. This is the kind of treatment
that is in reserve for some President of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints in the possible very near future.
Doc. & Cov. 85:7, 8.

Judging from the way and manner the Lord dealt with the
leaders of His people anciently, because of the various offences
they committed against Him, who received various degrees
of punishment, some received the death sentence, and the
Lord says; he is the same yesterday, today, and forever; (II
Nephi 27:23.)

Wherefore we can look with absolute assurance for the
strange act spoken of in Holy Writ, (Doc. & Cov. 85: Isaiah
28:21, Doc. & Cov. 95:1-6, 101:93-95,) to take place; Why?
Because; of the various offences committed and perpetrated
against the Lord and His Holy Word as recorded in holy writ
by the leaders of His Church today who are putting forth
their hand to steady the ark, or the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, Doc. & Cov. 85:8; 20:1; 115:3, 4. These
steadying of the ark act offenses, are thoroughly and absolutely
proven in this article, and to be very grave offenses, if we
accept the word of the Lord; which says; to the law and to
the testimony; and if they speak not according to this word,
it is because there is no light in them, II Nephi 18:20; Isaiah
8:20; Doc. & Cov. 17:6; 18:1-5.

The scriptures are before you. If you will wrest them,
it shall be to your own destruction. Alma 13:20. Heleman
said; and now my sons remember that it is upon the rock of
our Redeemer, who is Christ, the son of God, that ye must
build your foundation, etc., which is a sure foundation, a
foundation whereon if men build, they cannot fall, (which is
positive proof that the man who is to fall as spoken of in the
85th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants is not building
upon the word of God) Heleman 5:12. This rock foundation
is the revelation of the Lord, or God's word in the holy scrip-
tures to us, or from His proper authority, who speaks. "Thus
saith the Lord." Matt. 16:16, 17, 18; Eph. 2:20; Doc. & Cov.
11:16, 18:4, 5.

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AUTHORITIES WEIGHED IN THE BALANCES
AND FOUND WANTING.

The authorities of this Church are found wanting; in this
the day of our Lord, June, 1922, when weighed in the balances
(made of "Thus saith the Lord" in holy writ as contained in
this article.) Why are they thus found wanting? Because
of the existing of the manifesto and the Church Article of
1905 and 1907, (precepts of men) which are used in explaining
away the revelations, namely: Doc. & Cov. 132:85: Revelations
to Prest. John Taylor in 1882 and 1886 and the Revelation to
Prest. Wilford Woodruff in 1889. These revelations appertain
to thft Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and are a
part of the rock foundation. Heleman 5:12; Doc. & Cov.
1 :37, 38. Now because of these steadying of the ark acts,
and other steadying of the ark acts, of which the Church
authorities today are guilty of committing, as has been shown
and proven in this article, the hand writing upon the wall of
this Church today, bespeaks a similar fate for a President of
this Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who upholds
and advocates such pollutions, (steadying the ark acts,) like
unto that administered unto Uzza, and Belschazzar; which was
death. I Chron. 13:9-12; Dan. 5:.

MANIFESTO AND CHURCH ARTICLE OF 1905 AND
1907 ARE BUILT UPON SANDY FOUNDATIONS.

The Church Article published in the Deseret News of 1905,
and in the Improvement Era of 1907 does not measure up to
the requirements of the law of "Thus saith the Lord" in the
Holy Scriptures bearing upon this particular subject, of the
"One Mighty and Strong," therefore this said Church Article
is built upon a sandy foundation (of Thus saith men) and not
upon a rock foundation (of "Thus saith the Lord") ; There-
fore; this said Church Article, is a spurious and presumptious
imposition, upon the people ("a precept of man") and is one
of the pollutions (as also is the manifesto) with which the
Holy Church of God is polluted. The Lord says, the teachers
have done the polluting (pollutions come from within, and
not from without) Mormon 8:38; Doc. & Cov. 1:14, 15; 103:14;
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The Lord further says; why have ye transfigured the Holy
word of God (meaning any and everybody who should do
such a foolish act) that ye might bring damnation upon your
souls. Behold, look ye unto the revelations of God. Mormon
8:33. Jesus says: He that will not believe Me, will not believe
the Father who sent Me. Ether 4:12.

Thou shalt take the things which thou host received, which
have been given unto thee in My scriptures for a law, to be
My law to govern My Church; And he that doeth according
to these things, shall be saved, and he that doeth them not,
shall be damned, if he continues. Doc. & Cov. 42:59, 60.
Yea, Lord, I know that Thou speaketh the truth, for Thou
art a God of truth and canst not lie. Ether 3:12. To the law
and to the testimony; and if they speak not according to this
word, it is because there is no light in them, II Nephi 18:20.
EVERY MAN HIS OWN JUDGE.

That every man may act in doctrine and principle per-
taining to futurity, acording to the moral agency which I have
given unto them, that every man may be accountable for his
own sins in the day of Judgment. Doc. & Cov^ 101:78. For
behold, my brethren, it is given unto you to judge, that ye
may know good from evil; and the way to judge is as plain
that ye may know with perfect knowledge, as the day-light
is from the dark night. For behold, the Spirit of Christ is
given to every man that they may know good from evil; where-
fore I shew unto you the way to judge; for everything which
inviteth to do good and to persuade to believe in Christ, is
sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may
know with a perfect knowledge, it is of God. But whatsoever
thing pursuadeth men to do evil, and believe not in Christ,
and His words, (like as the manifesto, Church Article, etc.,) and
deny Him and serve not God (by casting away the 85th and
132nd Doc. & Cov. Prest. John Taylor's revelations of 1882
and 1886 and Prest. Wilford Woodruffs revelation of 1889)
then ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of the devil,
for after this manner doth the devil work, for he persuadeth no
man to do good, no not one, neither doth his angels; neither do
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seeing that you know the light by which ye may judge, which
light is the light of Christ, see that ye do not judge wrongfully
for with that same judgment which ye judge, ye shall also be
judged. Moroni 7:15-18. Whom shall he teach knowledge?
And whom shall he make to understand doctrine? Them that
are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breasts. Isaiah
28:9. Harken unto Me, ye that know righteousness, the people
in whose heart I have written My law; fear ye not the reproach
of men; neither be ye afraid of their reviling; for the moth
shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them
like wool. II Nephi 8:7-25; III Nephi 20: Doc. & Cov. 113:.

GREAT DIVISION OF THE RIGHTEOUS FROM
THE WICKED PROMISED.

For the time speedily cometh, that the Lord God shall cause
a great division among the people, and the wicked will He
destroy: and He will spare His people, yea, even if it so be
that He must destroy the wicked by fire. II Nephi 30 ^0^
Wherefore the righteous need not fear; for thus saith the
prophets, they shall be saved, even if it so be as by fire. I
Nephi 22:16, 17, 14:7.

THE LORD DOETH NOTHING EXCEPT HE
TELLS HIS PROPHETS.

The Church authorities say the Lord will do nothing save
He revealeth His secrets to His servants, the Prophets, (Amos
3:7,) and before the Lord will do anything, He will tell His
prophets about it, (Isaiah 42:9.) The authorities are absolutely
right, as also is the word of the Lord as just quoted upon this
question, and why? Because every phase and feature of the
marvelous and strange act that the Lord is about to perform,
through the "One Mighty and Strong," in the near future,
is clearly shown and most beautifully pictured in word photo-
graphy, in the Bible, the Book of Mormon and in the Doc-
trine and Covenants, which this article presents for your con-
sideration. The Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Cov-
enants are written in a language in which no man can err,
(Doc. & Cov. 17:6; 1:29, 37, 38; II Nephi 25:7, 8,) therefore
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the children of men, as recorded in these sacred books, through
some of the greatest prophets that ever lived upon the face
of this earth, v'z: Jesus Christ Himself, Moses, Isaiah, Lehi,
the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr., and others, must surely come
to pass. Why? Because; The Lord says; What He has spoken
He has spoken, and He excuses not Himself; and though the
heavens and the earth pass away, His word shall not pass away,
but shall all be fulfilled, whether by His own voice, or by the
voice of His servants, it is the same, Doc. & Cov. 21:1-6; 1:37,
38. So His word in the holy scriptures cannot fail. Therefore
the only thing that can be reasonably expected is, the fulfillment
of the scriptures bearing upon this very important work of
the Lord; the portrayal of which is most forcibly and vividly
photographed through one of these great prophets in the
85th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants.

Now if the present authorities of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints do not consider and respect these
wonderful prophecies in these sacred books pertaining to this
great last work, something is wrong somewhere; either the
Lord Jesus Christ Himself and Moses, and Isaiah, and Lehi,
and the Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. and others, through whom
the Lord has spoken, are wrong; or else the present authorities
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in these
the last days, are wrong: Both cannot be right, when they
are diametrically opposed to each other, as this article has
absolutely proven.

A SURE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH TO BUILD.
Heleman, in addresing his sons, said: And now my sons,
remember, that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is
Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation,
that when the devil shall send forth his mighty wind; yea, his
shafts in the whirlwind; yea, when all his hail and his mighty
storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you,
to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless woe, because
of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation
(rock of revelation, Matt 16:16-19; Eph. 2:20; Doc. & Cov.
18:3-5; 11:16,) a foundation whereon if men build, they can-

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not fall, Doc. & Cov. 18:3-5; Heleman 5:12; III Nephi 28:34.

Thus it is positively shown that some President, or leading
authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(evidently, deaf, dumb and blind, Isaiah 42:18-20; II Cor. 4:
4; Deut. 16:19; Eph. 4:18) who still advocates these foolish
steadying the ark acts (manifesto, Church Article of 1905,
1907, etc., must receive capital punishment,) and now because
the authorities of this Church advocate these foolish things,
it is inevitable, that a President must fall in order that the
"Mighty and Strong One" chosen of the Lord may be estab-
lished at the head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, in the place of the deposed and fallen leader, in order
that the house of God, (His Church, I Tim. 3:15) may be set
in order, as the Lord shall direct.

Joseph Smith, the Prophet, in his letter to Brother Phelps,
about this 85th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants says:
now Brother William (William W. Phelps) if what I have said
is true (the revelation says thus saith the still small voice,
etc., These things I say not of myself; therefore, as the Lord
speaketh, he will also fulfill) how careful men ought to be
what they do in the last days (either now or future days from
June 27, 1922,) lest they are cut short of their expectation,
and they that think that stand should fall, because they keep
not the Lord's commandments, etc., Doc. & Cov. 58:20.

WHY JUDGMENTS ARE TO COME UPON
AUTHORITIES OF THIS CHURCH.

The authorities of this Church have not obeyed the Lord's
commandments. in keeping with His requests, for they have
ignored five revelations as has been shown and proven in this
article, and in the place of these sacred revelations, they have
put pollutions or steadying of the ark acts, viz. (manifesto and
Church Article, etc.,) and are still upholding and sustaining
these foolish things before the people, and because of these pre-
cepts of men, the judgment that the Lord predicted through
Joseph Smith, the Prophet as the 8th verse of the 85th Section
of the Doctrine and Covenants foretells, shall come upon the
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is guilty of such grave offenses, and the sentence cannot be
less than that which God has prescribed; he (a President) must
fall. Rom. 9:21; Doc. & Cov. 85:7, 8; II Nephi 13:12-15;
19:13-16.

MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE'S IMAGERY PORTRAYED.
This "Mighty and Strong" servant of the Lord's imagery,
is vividly flashed, as well as the one's who is to fall, etc.,
through the camera of holy writ, upon the screen of the mental
vision of all who are now, or may be. searching the holy scrip-
tures. This beautiful picture is clearly seen and portrayed in
the following plain and beautiful language: Yea, thus saith the
still small voice, which whispereth through and pierceth all
things, and often times it maketh my bones to quake, while
it maketh manifest, saying: And it shall come to pass, that I
the Lord God, will send "One Mighty and Strong," holding
the sceptre of power in his hand, clothed with light for a
covering, whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words; while
his bowels shall be a fountain of truth, to set in order the
house of God; and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the
Saints, whose names are found, and the names of their fathers,
and of their children, enrolled in the book of the law of God:
While that man, who was called of God, and appointed, that
putteth forth his hand to steady the ark of God, shall fall by
the shaft of death, like as a tree that is smitten by the vivid
shaft of lightning; And all they who are not found written in
the book of remembrance, shall find none inheritance in that
day, but they shall be cut assunder, and their portion shall be
appointed them among unbelievers, where are wailing and
gnashing of teeth. These things I say not of myself, (says the
Prophet Joseph) therefore, as the Lord speaketh, He will also
fulfill, Doc. & Cov. 85:.

Jesus said; He that is of God, heareth God's word. (John
8:45-50) Jesus also says; He that will not believe My words,
will not believe Me, that I am; and he that will not believe Me,
will not believe the Father who sent Me, Ether 4:12. Jesus
also says; But he that believeth these things which I have
spoken, him will I visit with the manifestations of My Spirit,
and he shall know and bear record; for because of My spirit,

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he shall know that these things are true; for it persuadeth
men to do good, Ether 4:11. Woe unto all those who tremble
and are angry because of the truth of God. (as contained in
holy writ, etc.) For behold, he that is built upon the rock,
(word of God in holy writ, etc., Matt 16:16-19; Doc. & Cov.
11:16; 18:3-5; 1:37, 38) receiveth it with gladness; and he that
is built upon a sandy foundation, (precepts of men II Nephi
27:25) trembleth lest he shall fall. Woe be unto him that shall
say, we have received the word of God and we need no more
of the word of God, for we have enough. (Meaning opposers of
last records yet to come forth and rejectors of the revelations
to this Church as has been proven in this article, II Nephi
28:14, 24-28.)

A CONTRAST BETWEEN TWO MIGHTY SERVANTS OF

THE LORD, AND THE MISSION AND CALLING

FOR EACH TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS, THE

LAST DISPENSATION OF THE FULLNESS

OF TIMES.

Joseph Smith, Jr., the rod of
Jesse, who brought forth first
records.

The Mighty and Strong Mos-
es Indian Prophet and much
marred root of Jesse, who is
to bring forth second records.

1st. Records came forth in
a day of peace, thirty years
of peace, Thomas's School
History pp. 228-288, Univer-
sal peace, Orson Pratt's De-
vine Authority, pp. 14.

2nd. Records are to come in
a day of wars, Mor. 8:25-31,
after Church of Jesus Christ
is established in small domin-
ion in different parts of the
earth, and multitudes are
gathered together upon the
face of all the earth to fight
against the Lamb of God, I
Nephi 14:12-14.

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1st. Records to usher in Gen-
tile's day, III Nephi 26:6-12,
II Nephi 27:21, Doc. & Cov.
45 :28.

1st. Records to usher in
and fulfill times of the Gen-
tiles. Doc. & Cov. 45:28-29.

1st. Records to reveal full-
ness of the Gospel, Doc. &
Cov. 20:8, 9, and restore
plain and precious parts
taken from the Bible by the
z;reat and abomonable Church
I Nephi 13:26-34.

1st. Records came through
Gentiles to establish the Gen-
tile Church, Ether 12:22; II
Nephi 30:3; III Nephi 26:8;
Doc. & Cov. 109:60, the lesser
part, to try the faith of the
people, III Nephi 26:6-12 and
to gather the elect, Doc. &
Cov. 29:7.

2nd. Records to usher in
Lamanite's and Jew's days, 1
Nephi 10:14, III Nephi 16:4;
I Nephi 13:39-41 ; Doc. & Cov.
90:9-11. In a day of wisdom,
Heleman 15:16.

2nd. Records to usher in
fullness of the Gentiles after
the times of the Gentiles are
fulfilled. Doc. & Cov. 45:24,
25, which times will be in a
day of wars and the whole
earth will be in commotion.
Doc. & Cov. 45:24-26, Mor.
8:25-31.

2nd. Or last Records, Brass
plates, etc., to come forth to
more fully convince the truth-
fullness of the Book of Mor-
mon, etc. II Nephi 3:11, 24;
I Nephi 13:39, 40; Mor. 5:12-
15; Alma 37:2-19.

2nd. Records to come unto
the Gentiles by Indian Proph-
et, II Nephi 3:11, 24; III Ne-
phi 21:9-11, the greater part,
the last part, III Nephi 26:
6-12, the convincing act, I
Nephi 13:39-41. The root of
Jesse's day, II Nephi 21:5-11;
30:10-18, when last and all
records etc., are to come forth
to usher in the millennium,
II Nephi 27:11.

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1st. Records to cause scat-
tering from land of Zion the
New Jerusalem to the valleys
of the mountains, Doc. &
Cov. 103:11, 136:10, 49:24-26.

1st. Records, the lesser part
of the Gospel, Doc. & Cov.
6:26, 29; III Nephi 26:6-12,
or much of the Gospel, I Ne-
phi 13:34; II Nephi 27:21.
brought forth by the rod of
Jesse, or Joseph Smith, Jr.,
Doc. & Cov. 5:9; 17:6; 2 Ne-
phi 30:3; Doc. & Cov. 113:
3,4.

1st. Records to cause Gen-
tiles to reject the fullness of
the Gospel, II Nephi 28:32;
Doc. & Cov. 45:28, 29, and
Gentile Church, Doc. & Cov.
109:60, to reject the fullness
of the Gospel as contained
in the Book of Mormon, etc.,
which has absolutely been
proven to be the United Or-
der by consecration and plur-
ality of wives, Doc. & Cov.
20:8, 9; 45:28, 29; 85:7, 8;
II Nephi 15:24; 13: 19:12-16;
Isaiah 50:1; 24:5; 5:24.

2nd. Records to cause gath-
ering to the land of Zion, the
New Jerusalem from whence
the Saints were scattered.
Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18; II
Nephi 3:11, 24; 21:5-11; 30:
10-18.

2nd. And last or all records
to be brought forth by the
root of Jesse, the man like
unto Moses, the mighty and
strong Indian Prophet, who
is to be much marred, III Ne-
phi 21:9-11; II Nephi 3:11,
24; II Nephi 21:5-11; 30:10-
18; Doc. & Cov. 85:103:11-18;
113:5, 6.

2nd. Or last records to con-
vince the nations, the heathen
nations and the house of
Joseph, which includes the
Gentiles, Lamanites and the
Jews, of the Gospel of their
salvation, which is contained
in the Book of Mormon, Doc.
& Cov. 20:8, 9; Mor. 5:12-15;
I Nephi 13:39-41 ; Doc. & Cov.
90:9-11.

1st. Records brought forth
by a man (Joseph Smith Jr.?)

2nd. Or last and all records
to be brought forth by a man

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marred and slain, Doc. & Cov.
135:4; 136:38, 39.

1st. Records to be brought
forth by the rod of Jesse,
who is to be slain by the
Gentiles, Doc.^& Cov. 135:4;
136:38, 39.

1st. Records to try the faith
of the people and if they be-
lieve, then another coming
forth of records, III Nephi
26:6-12; His. Rec. Vol. 7 1st
Chap, last verse.

1st. Records were to come
forth as in word, I Nephi 14:
1, as a lesser part to try the
faith of the people, III Nephi
26:6-12, and to gather out
the elect, Doc. & Cov. 29:7.

1st. Records were to come
in order that the foundation
of the Church might be laid,
etc., Doc. & Cov. 5:9; 17:6;
136:38, 39, and there was to

(mighty and strong Indian
Prophet, man like unto Mos-
es, root of Jesse) marred and
then healed, III Nephi 21:9-
11; Isaiah 66:2-6.

2nd. Or last and all records
to be brought forth by the
root of Jesse who is not to
be slain but is to rule over
the Gentiles, Rom. 15:12; II
Nephi 21:5-11; 30:3, 10-8.

2nd. Or last and all recrmh
to come forth to vindicate
the 1st records or Book of
Mormon, etc., Mor. 5:12-15,
and usher in the reign of
peace, the millennium, II Ne-
phi 21:5-11; 30:10-18.

2nd. And all records were to
come as in power in very
deed, as a convincing act in
which the Lord intends to
show forth His power, II
Nephi 3:11, 24; Alma 37:
2-19; I Nephi 13:39-41; Doc.
& Cov. 90:9-11; I Nephi
14:1, 12-14; 19:3; Mormon
5:12-15.

2nd. Or last and all records
were to come forth to cause
the cutting off, III Nephi 21 :
9-11; II Nephi 30:10, Doc. &
Cov. 85: and cause the great

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be no division or cutting off
until after the second re-
cords were brought forth,
Pearl of Great Price pp. 90:
40; III Nephi 21:9-11.

division, I Nephi 14:7; 22:20,
21.

1st. Records contained much
of the Gospel, I Nephi 13:34;
II Nephi 27:21; Doc. & Cov.
5:9, the lesser part, III Nephi
26:6-12.

1st. Records were to come
forth for the purpose of lay-
ing the foundation of the
Church, Doc. & Cov. 58:7,
and to bear witness of the
land upon which the Zion of
God shall stand, Doc. & Cov.
57:1; 1:30; 135:4; 136:38, 39.

2nd. Or last and all records
are to come forth after the
Church has small dominion
on different parts of the
earth and in the coming forth
of these last and all records
the Lord's arm is to be re-
vealed in power for the ex-
press purpose to convince all
mankind of the Gospel of
their salvation, Doc. & Cov.
90:9-11; I Nephi 13:39-41; 14:
12-14.

2nd. Or last and all records
are to be brought forth for
the purpose of vindicating
the fullness of the Gospel
as contained in the Book of
Mormon (which is the first
records to the Gentiles) and
then also to the Lamanites
and to the Jews, Doc. & Cov.
20:8-12; Mor. 5:12-15, and
also to leave all mankind
without an excuse in convinc-
ing the nations, the heathen
nations, the House of Joseph,
of the Gospel of their sal-
vation. Doc. & Cov. 101:93-
95; 90:9-11; I Nephi 13:39-41.

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1st. Records came forth to
establish the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints,
which Church is identified
with the gentiles, Doc. &
Cov. 109:60, in order that
the gentile nations and the
gentile Church, (or Latter-
day Saint Church) may have
the privilege of rejecting the
fullness of the Gospel, which
they both have done. Doc.
& Cov. 45:28, 29, II Nephi
28:32, and also that the
President of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, after the fullness of
the Gospel contained in the
Book of Mormon, Doc. &
Cov. 20:8, 9, has been re-
vealed, and then rejected
may put forth his hand to
steady the ark of God, and
fall by the shaft of Death
like as a tree that is smitten
by the vivid shaft of lightn-
ing, Doc. & Cov. 85:8, II
Nephi 13:12, 13; 19:12-16.

2nd. Or last and all Records
are to be brought forth by
the "Mighty and Strong
One" spoken of in the 7th
verse of 85th Section of Doc-
trine & Covenants, who is to
set the House of God (or
Church I Tim. 3:15) in order
and do all things necessary
and incident in behalf of the
work of the Lord that he has
purposed to bei accomplished
in behalf of his Church, Doc.
& Cov. 115:4 and the House
of Israel in these the last
days. Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18,
Isiah 4: III Nephi 21 :9-29.

FULLNESS OF THE GOSPEL TO BE REJECTED BY THE
GENTILES AND LATTER-DAY SAINT GENTILE CHURCH.
The fullness of the Gospel, as contained in the Book of
Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants, etc., (Doc. & Cov.
27:5; 52:9; 1 :38, 39), is to be rejected by the Gentiles (II Nephi
28:32; Doc. & Cov. 45:28), and also by the Latter-day Saint
Church who are identified with the Gentiles (Doc. & Cov. 109:
60), who shall refuse to abide in the fullness of the Gospel

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laws; because of their iniquities. (Isaiah 50:1; 5:24; 24:5; 11
Nephi 7:1; 15:24). The Church has disregarded five revelations
given to them from the Lord, viz: Isaiah 4: Doc. & Cov. 132:
President John Taylor's of 1882 and 1886 and Wilford Wood-
ruff's of 1889, and have ceased to live the United Order and
consecration, etc., This Church after shelving the word of the
Lord as contained in the above referred to, five revelations and
revelations in the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Cove-
nants, etc., makes a covenant with death and agreement with
hell, (Isaiah 28:15; 50:1,) (or a manifesto,) and because of this
manifesto agreement and the Church Article (One Mighty and
Strong of 1905-7) the church will not or dare not allow the Book
of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants, etc., which contain
the fullness of the Gospel, (Doc. & Cov. 27:5; 35:17), to be used
and studied as text books in the various quorums of the Priest-
hood in the Church, for fear the members of the Church will see
and find out the foolish things the leaders of this Church
have done, (II Nephi 13:12-15 7:1; 15:24). These precepts of
men, are in harmony with the visions of the Prophets, who were
privileged of the Lord to look down through time; who saw
what a sinful muddle this Church would plunge itself into,
because of their foolish acts. Now because the leaders of the
Latter-day Saint Church and their contemporary supporters
adopted these precepts of men, they were compelled to adopt
other precepts of men, to be studied by the members of this
Church; which precepts of men (writings) leave out the Lord's
strange act, Doc. & Cov. 85: 101:93-95; Isaiah 28:21; Alma 18:
39), plan of redemption entirely: These last precepts of men,
(II Nephi 28:14, 26, 31) are the writings of B. H. Roberts, James
E. Talmage, J. M. Tanner, Joseph F. Smith, Sr., Joseph F. Smith,
Jr., and N. T. Porter, etc. But the leaders of the Church were
compelled to adopt this kind of plan, in order to sail along at
all, (And also to fulfill prophecy.) Isaiah 28:15-21; II Nephi
27:25; 13:12-15; Doc. & Cov. 85:7, 8; 1:14, 15; 64:34-41; II
Nephi 15:24-30.

WHEN FULLNESS OF GOSPEL TO BE AGAIN PREACHED.

The fullness of the Gospel will not again be preached to

any of the people of this earth, in power and authority, until

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after the Lord reveals his arm in power (Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11),
in the coming forth of the second or last and all records, (I
Nephi 13:39-41), by the "One Mighty and Strong," (Doc. &
Cov. 85:7), the root of Jesse, (II Nephi 21:5-11; 30:10-18), the
much marred man (III Nephi 21:9-11), the great and mighty
Indian Prophet (I INephi 3:11, 24). When the arm of the
Lord is revealed in power, in the coming forth of these last
records by this "Mighty and Strong" servant of the Lord; then
is the time when the fullness of the Gospel is to go forth
and be preached in power to the Lamanites, Jews and all na-
tions of this earth. (Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11).

WHEN ELDERS IN SOME FUTURE DAY GO IN POWER
TO THE LAMANITES.

During the fall and winter of 1830-31, Oliver Cowdery,
Parley P. Pratt, Ziba Peterson, Peter Whitmer, Jr., and F. G.
Williams, performed and completed the first mission to the
Lamanites as Elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints; about this first mission the above referred to
brethren had the following to say: "Thus ended our first
Indian Mission, in which we had preached the Gospel in its
fullness, and distributed the record of their forefathers among
three tribes, viz: The Catteraugus Indians, near Buffalo, N.
Y., the Wyandots of Ohio, and the Delewars west of Missouri.

"We trust that at some future day, when the servants of
God go forth in power to the remanent of Joseph, some pre-
cious seed will be found growing in their hearts, which was
sown by us in that early day." His. Record, Vol. 7, Chapter 4.

LAST RECORDS TO MORE FULLY CONVINCE THE
GOSPEL CONTAINED IN BOOK OF MORMON,
BIBLE, ETC. THE FIRST RECORDS TO THE

LAMANITES, ETC.

The Elders of this Church to-day are preaching the Gospel
in part, but not in its fullness, to the nations of the earth;
but after the coming forth of the second or last records,
(as Alma says: the Lord intends to show forth his arm in
power in the coming forth of these last records, Alma 37:2-19),

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for the purpose that the Lamanites and Jews and all nations
shall be more fully convinced of the truthfulness of the Gospel
contained in the Book of Mormon, etc., which was the first
records and introduction of the fullness of the Gospel unto
them, (Mormon 5:12-15; I Nephi 13:39-41; Doc. & Cov. 5:9;
17:6; 25:4). "For it shall come to pass in that day that every
man shall hear the fullness of the Gospel in his own tongue,
and in his own language, through those who are ordained unto
this power, by the administration of the Comforter, shed forth
upon them for the revelations of Jesus Christ. And then
cometh the day when the arm of the Lord shall be revealed in
power in convincing the nations, the heathen nations, the
House of Joseph, of the Gospel of their salvation."

Thus we see the fullness of the Gospel cannot go to the
various nations again until the Lord reveals his arm in power
and performs his strange act as spoken of in the 85th section
of the Doctrine and Covenants. (Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11; 85: 101:
93-95; I Nephi 13:39-41.

"ONE MIGHTY AND STRONG" ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY, AND WHY?

God says Zion cannot be redeemed upon any other
principle save that of the law of the Celestial Kingdom.
(Doc. & Cov. 105:1-16,) which law positively includes United
Order and consecration, (Book of Moses, 7:18-25; Doc. & Cov.
49:20; 42:30, 39, and plurality of wives, when fully lived in the
Central City, Zion, the New Jerusalem, Isaiah 4:. The United
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints because of
States has made laws prohibiting the practice of polygamy:
sin, (Gen. 4:7; Isaiah 42:24,) and cowardice, (Job 17:9; 1 John
4:18; Isaiah 29:13; Prov. 28:1; 29:25), have also concurred and
acquiesced with the United States (with hell or we at agree-
ment, Isaiah 28:15; I Nephi 14:10), and made laws (Manifesto
etc., Isaiah 50:1), against the practice of plurality of wives
(they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts, and des-
pised the word of the Holy one of Israel, Isaiah 5:24): They
have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken
the everlasting covenant, Doc. & Cov. 1:14, 15; Isaiah 24:5,

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Now; how can redemption come to Zion? In keeping with
the laws of the Celestial Kingdom, unless God does reveal
His arm in power in behalf of His Saints, and dis-annuls
these prohibitory laws, (Isaiah 28:18,) for none saith re-
store in the Latter-day Saint Church, Isaiah 42; 22. This
is the refreshing yet they would not hear, Isaiah 28:12.
The Lord saith He would restore that which He did not
take away, Psalms 69:4; Isaiah 50:1; 28:18; II Nephi 20:1.
The now existing laws of the United States and the HOW
existing laws of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, forbid the practice of this Celestial Law of the Lord,
Isaiah 4: Doc. & Cov. 132:. Now then; as these prohibitory
laws have been made in open violation and in contra-distinc-
tion to the revealed will of Almighty God, upon this subject;
as is revealed in five different revelations bearing upon this
Celestial Law question, both by the United States and the
Latter-day Saint Church; Isaiah 4: Doc. & Cov. 132: Revela-
tions to Prest. John Taylor in 1882 and 1886, and to Prest.
Wilford Woodruff in 1889: (The Lord says the greater the
light, the greater the condemnation and punishment, Doc. &
Cov. 82:3; 45:54; Luke 12:48.) Therefore in keeping with the
word of the Lord, we can see plainly why judgments are to
commence at the House of God, which Paul says, is His
Church, (I Timothy 3:15,) and some of the judgments spoken
of in holy writ, can be found by reading the following scrip-
tures, Doc. & Cov. 85:8; II Nephi 19:14-16; Isaiah 66:2-6; Doc.
& Cov. 112:24-26. The Latter-day Saint Church, in open viola-
tion of all five of the above cited revelations, from Almighty
God, which uphold and maintain the practice of plurality of
wives, make laws (Manifesto, etc.,) in opposition to the word
of God, as contained in the above quoted five revelations. The
United States, in open violation to two of the above cited
revelations; known unto them at that time, when they enacted
their prohibitory laws, viz: Isaiah 4: Doc. & Cov. 132: enacted
laws in open violation, to the word of the Lord; and the United
States and the Latter-day Saint Church seems to glory, and
take pride in what they have done in this matter. Now because
of these laws, prohibitory to the practice of polygamy, one of
the Celestial laws of the Kingdom of God; if ever this Celes-

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tial law is made honorable (and God says it will be, Isaiah
42:21), and permisable, (as the Lord also says it will be, Isaiah
4: after Zion's redemption, Doc. Cov. 105:34; 103:11-18),
the Lord omnipotent will have to send some "One Mighty and
Strong," .(as He says He will, Isaiah 28:2; 15-18, 21, also 66:
2-6,) and clothed with almighty power (as he says he will be,
Doc. & Cov. 85:7; 103:11-18), to attend to this work; for no
one with less power than ancient Moses had, could accomplish
this redemption work, in the face of so much opposition by
the United States and the Latter-day Saint Church itself.

WHO ARE TERMED SALT OF THE EARTH.

When men are called unto mine everlasting Gospel, and
covenant with an everlasting covenant (in the Holy Temples
of the Lord, etc.,) they are accounted as the salt of the earth,
and the savor of men. They are called to be the savor of men.
Therefore, if that salt of the earth loses its savor, behold, it
is thenceforth good for nothing, only to be cast out and be
trodden under the feet of men. (Doc. & Cov. 103:8-10; 101:
39, 40; Matt. 5:13). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints is identified with the Gentiles, (Doc. & Cov. 109:60,
and are accounted as the salt of the earth). The Gentiles and
Gentile Church (or Latter-day Saint Church) turned their
hearts from the fullness of the Gospel as contained in the Book
of Mormon, Doc. & Cov, etc., because of the precepts of men,
(and thus bespeak themselves as salt that has lost its savor,
at least for the time being) and in that generation shall the
times of the Gentiles (including the Gentile Church) be ful-
filled. Doc. & Cov. 45:28-30; II Nephi 27:25; 28:14, 26, 31;
Mor. 8:33, 38.

O ye pollutions, ye hypocrites, ye teachers, who sell your-
selves for that which will canker (precepts of men, manifesto,
Church Article, etc.,) why have ye polluted the Holy Church
of God? (Pollutions come from within) Mormon 8:38 (mean-
ing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I Nephi
14:10; Doc. & Cov. 1:30; 20:1; 115:3, 4), but when the arm
of the Lord is revealed in power (Doc. & Cov. 90:9-11; I Nephi
14:12-14), in the coming forth of the last records, (I Nephi
13:39-41), by the root of Jesse, (II Nephi 21:5-11; 30:10-18,)

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the much marred servant of Jesus Christ, (III Nephi 21:9-11),
the Indian Prophet, (II Nephi 3:11,24), the "Mighty and Strong
Man" like unto Moses, (Doc. & Cov. 103:11-18), who is to
hold the sceptre of power in his hand, (Doc. & Cov. 85:) then
the cutting off, as recorded in Holy writ, will take place (Doc.
& Cov. 1:14; 64:34-41; 85: III Nephi 21:9-11), and the House of
God (I Tim. 3:15) will then be set in order. Doc. & Cov. 85:.
Nephi says: for the time speedily cometh, that the Lord God
shall cause a great division among the people; and the wicked
will be destroyed; and He will spare His people, yea, even if it
so be that He must destroy the wicked by fire. II Nephi 30:10;
13:12-15; 19:13-16; 28:14; Mormon 8:23; III Nephi 23:1-5;
15:6, 7; 20:11-15; II Nephi 25:7, 8; 11:2, 8. O my people
(evidently meaning the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints) they who lead thee, cause thee to err (meaning the
authorities of the Church) and destroy the way of thy paths,
II Nephi 13:12-15, (the paths of the members of the Church,
etc.) Now, if the rebellious Gentile faction of the Latter-day
Saint Church do not turn unto the Lord, when the Almighty
reveals His arm in power and leaves all men without excuse,
they will be counted as salt that has lost its savor, which is
thenceforth good for nothing, only to be cast out, and trodden
under the feet of men. Doc. & Cov. 101:3, 40; 103:7-10; 45:
28, 29; 52:11; III Nephi 16:15; 12:13; 21 :9-l 1 ; II Nephi 15:24-30;
28:32; I Nephi 14:7; III Nephi 20:28. For they (the presiding
priesthood, etc.,) were set to be a light unto the world, and to be
the savors of men, (Doc. & Cov. 101 :39.) Zion cannot be built
up unless it is by the principles of the law of the Celestial
Kingdom, otherwise I cannot receive her unto myself, Doc.
& Cov. 105:4-6, 34. The Church authorities have adopted precepts
of men II Nephi 27:25; 28:14, 26, 31 (manifesto, Church Article,
etc.,) instead of "THUS SAITH THE LORD," and have caused
the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
to sustain them in their foolish acts (in order to fulfill scripture
because the iniquity of the people demanded it, Isaiah 28: II
Nephi 15 :24; Doc. & Cov. 45:28-30; II Nephi 13:12-15; 7:1.) Now,
because the Church authorities and all members who approve of
their acts have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance,

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broken the everlasting covenant, (Doc. & Cov. 1:14, 15; Isaiah
24:5; II Nephi 15:24; 7:1; Isaiah 28:), they are as salt that has
lost its savor, and is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast
out and trodden under the feet of men. Doc. & Cov. 103:8-10;
101:39, 40. Nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, saith
the Lord God, if they will repent and come unto Me; for Mine
arm is lengthened out all the day long saith the Lord God of
Hosts. II Nephi 28:32.

This redemption work is now out of the hands of the
present authorities of the Latter-day Saint Church, and beyond
the power of man to do it, for the leaders of this Church, the
Lord's legal representatives upon this earth, and this nation,
upon the land of Zion, have refused to conform to the word of
the Lcrd (God is able to do His own work, II Nephi 27:14-20),
and are still refusing to comply with His holy will in regards
to this Celestial law question, in an open and honorable man-
ner, Doc. & Cov. 132: Isaiah 4:. They have openly and de-
fiantly revolted against "thus saith the Lord" in holy writ.
Therefore; they have forfeited their right to act in this matter,
(similar as did Prof. Anthon in the days of the Prophet Joseph
Smith forfeit his privilege to act, II Nephi 27:14-22). Now,
because of the prohibitory laws they, the authorities and some
of the members of the Latter-day Saint Church, and the
United States have made,and the seeming pride they take in
upholding and sustaining the prohibitive laws (precepts of
men), against the word of the Lord upon this Celestial law
question, as is contained in the above mentioned revelations,
the Word of God to the children of Adam upon this earth; God
Himself must take a hand in this great redemption work.

THE ROCK OF FOUNDATION OF ZION'S REDEMPTION.
It is plainly to be seen why it becomes absolutely neces-
sary in order that this Celestial law and other Celestial laws
be restored and made honorable laws of this land, and of the
Latter-day Saint Church, for these Celestial laws are the
foundation premise upon which the redemption of Zion is
dependent, for there is no redemption for Zion in any other
way. Doc. & Cov. 105:1-6, Isaiah 4: (which laws the Lord
says, will be established and made honorable, Isaiah 4: 42:21.)

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Therefore it is imperative, that the Lord God send the "One
Mighty and Strong" spoken of and desricbed in the 85th
Section of the Doctrine and Covenants; Isaiah 28:2, 15-18, 21,
and elsewhere in Holy writ, to set in order His Church and to
attend to this great and mighty redemption work, for and in
behalf of the House of Israel, in these the last days, in order
that the Lord may come and own and dwell with His people,
III Nephi 21 :25; 20:22; Isaiah 4: Doc. & Cov. 84:2-5,.

"Whosoever transgretheth and abideth not in the Dotcrine
of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the Dotrcine of
Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son, 2nd John, Verse 9.

Now I need not rehearse the matter; what I have said may
suffice. Behold, the scriptures are before you; if ye will
wrest them, it shall be to your own destruction. (Alma 13:20),
If you are hungry for "THUS SAITH THE LORD" you can
feast yourselves, otherwise, you will not feast yourselves, but
perhaps you may become angry and hateful, be that as it may.

Yours in the cause of truth,

Very respectfully,
JOHN T. CLARK.

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